Len Deighton was born in Marylebone, London, in 1929. His father was a chauffeur and mechanic, and his mother was a part-time cook.After leaving school, Deighton worked as a railway clerk before performing his National Service, which he spent as a photographer for the Royal Air Force's Special Investigation Branch. After discharge from the RAF, he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London in 1949, and in 1952 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1955. Deighton worked as an airline steward with BOAC. Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency. He is credited with creating the first British cover for Jack Kerouac's On the Road. He has since used his drawing skills to illustrate a number of his own military history books. Following the success of his first novels, Deighton became The Observer's cookery writer and produced illustrated cookbooks. In September 1967 he wrote an article in the Sunday Times Magazine about Operation Snowdrop - an SAS attack on Benghazi during World War II. The following year David Stirling would be awarded substantial damages in libel from the article. He also wrote travel guides and became travel editor of Playboy, before becoming a film producer. After producing a film adaption of his 1968 novel Only When I Larf, Deighton and photographer Brian Duffy bought the film rights to Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop's stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! He had his name removed from the credits of the film, however, which was a move that he later described as "stupid and infantile." That was his last involvement with the cinema. Deighton left England in 1969. He briefly resided in Blackrock, County Louth in Ireland. He has not returned to England apart from some personal visits and very few media appearances, his last one since 1985 being a 2006 interview which formed part of a "Len Deighton Night" on BBC Four. He and his wife Ysabele divide their time between homes in Portugal and Guernsey. CONTENT: Bernard Samson Series 1. Len Deighton - Winter (read by James Lailey) 2. Len Deighton - Berlin Game (read by Robert Whitfield) 3. Len Deighton - Mexico Set (read by Paul Daneman) 4. Len Deighton - London Match (read by James Lailey) 5. Len Deighton - Spy Hook (read by Paul Daneman) 6. Len Deighton - Spy Line (read by Paul Daneman) 7. Len Deighton - Spy Sinker (read by Paul Daneman) 8. Len Deighton - Faith (read by Robert Whitfield) 9. Len Deighton - Hope (read by Robert Whitfield) 10. Len Deighton - Charity (read by Robert Whitfield) Secret File Series books 1-4,6,7 11. Len Deighton - The Ipcress File (read by James Lailey) 12. Len Deighton - Horse Under Water (read by James Lailey) 13. Len Deighton - Funeral In Berlin (read by James Lailey) 14. Len Deighton - Billion Dollar Brain (read by Paul Daneman) 15. Len Deighton - Spy Story (read by Paul Daneman) 16. Len Deighton - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (read by Paul Daneman) Non-Series 17. Len Deighton - XPD (read by Matthew Lloyd Davies) 18. Len Deighton - Goodbye Mickey Mouse (read by Matthew Lloyd Davies) 19. Len Deighton - Yesterday's Spy (read by James Faulkner) 20. Len Deighton - City Of Gold (read by Paul Daneman) 21. Len Deighton - SS-GB (read by James Lailey) 22. Len Deighton - Bomber (read by Richard Burnip) 23. Len Deighton - Declarations Of War (read by Michael Jayston) Audio-DVD format: It can be used on DVD and DVD-Rom players, also on devices such as Playstation, Xbox or portable DVD players. 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