Deighton

British

/ ˈdeɪtən /

noun

Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game , Mexico Set , and London Match (1983–85)

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Len Deighton, the bestselling author of “The Ipcress File” and influential cookbook writer, died March 15 at 97.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Deighton was trained as a photographer during his service with the Royal Air Force and studied at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Deighton once credited the success of “The Ipcress File,” his debut novel, to the fact that critics “used me as a blunt instrument to beat Ian Fleming over the head.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Deighton tells the story through the eyes of the protagonists on both sides including the RAF bomber crews, the German fighter pilots and the townspeople caught up in the raid.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

He would not have changed places with Deighton of the Horse Battery, whirling by in a pillar of cloud to a chorus of 'Strong right!

From Under the Deodars by Kipling, Rudyard

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