Re-invented The Cold War: Spymaster Author John le Carre Dies at 89 Published December 14th, 2020 - 08:08 GMT
In this file photo taken on October 15, 2017 British author John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) gives a speech in Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie, where he presented his new book A Legacy Of Spies . John Le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold , has died aged 89, his agent said on December 13, 2020. Daniel Bockwoldt / dpa / AFP
British best-selling author David Cornwell, better known as John le Carre whose Cold War-era spy novels transformed the espionage genre, died over the weekend, his literary agent said. He was 89 years old.