John le Carré

John le Carre, born David John Moore Cornwell (1931–2020), was a British novelist who transformed the spy thriller from pulp entertainment into serious literature. Educated at the University of Bern, Lincoln College Oxford, he taught at Eton before joining the British Foreign Office, serving in MI5 and MI6 during the Cold War. His intelligence career ended when his cover was blown by the double agent Kim Philby. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.