His gripping thrillers made him one of Britain's most successful writers. But the extraordinary life of Frederick Forsyth was every bit as exciting as the novels that made his name and fortune.

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers

Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth has died after a brief illness at the age of 86.

Ses livres, dont le best-seller « Chacal », se sont vendus à quelque 70 millions d’exemplaires dans le monde. L’écrivain britannique a aussi été pilote de la Royal Air Force,…

After losing a fortune he recouped it through writing, and waged a vociferous campaign against the EU on the Daily Telegraph letters page

British novelist and former MI6 agent died after a brief illness

Approached by Britain’s MI6 while reporting on Nigeria’s Biafra War, he mined his experiences for literary inspiration.

Foreign correspondent who went on to become a hugely successful thriller writer best known for The Day of the Jackal

Forsyth, who sold 75 million books, is remembered as "one of the world's greatest thriller writers".

His gripping thrillers made him one of Britain's most successful writers. But the extraordinary life of Frederick Forsyth was every bit as exciting as the novels that made his…

Forsyth’s books sold more than 75 million copies, and some were also turned into films.

He wrote best-sellers like “The Day of the Jackal” and “The Dogs of War,” often using material from his earlier life as a reporter and spy.

The Guardian meets the author of the bestseller The Day of the Jackal as it is about to open as a film

Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre, the author of the Jack Reacher novels writes