Author David Craig Owen Thomas known as
Craig Thomas, a Welsh author of thrillers, most notably the "Mitchell Gant" series, has died at the age of 69 after a recent illness from pneumonia following a short battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Fans regard the Cardiff-born author as
the inventor of the Techno-Thriller genre which includes his book,
Firefox, made into a Hollywood blockbuster. The 1982 movie starred Clint Eastwood as the US fighter pilot and spy Mitchell Gant, a character in a series of Thomas's books.
Firefox Down the sequel to
Firefox was dedicated to Clint Eastwood.
Thomas wrote 17 novels between 1976 and 1998. Aside from writing techno-thrillers Thomas also wrote books relating to philosophy the most recent being a two-volume book on the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche.
The BBC obituary can be found
here and the Western Mail obituary
here.
Oh, very sorry to hear that, Janet. Thanks for passing the news on, though.
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