What is Stephen Leather?
[[File:Stephen Leather Profile.jpg|thumb|200px|Stephen Leather]] '''Stephen Leather''' (born 25 October 1956) is a [[British people|British]] author. He writes in the [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] genre. His works are published by [[Hodder & Stoughton]]. He began his writing career as a journalist, working for newspapers such the ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Glasgow Herald]]'', ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' in [[Hong Kong]]. He has written for television shows such as ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'', ''[[The Knock]]'' and [[Murder in Mind (TV series)|''Murder in Mind'']]. Leather's 1992 novel ''[[The Chinaman (novel)|The Chinaman]]'' was made into a movie, called ''[[The Foreigner (2017 movie)|The Foreigner]]'' (2017). It stars [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Pierce Brosnan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/foreigner-review-1044300|title='The Foreigner': Film Review|author=Tsui, Clarence|date=3 October 2017|access-date=7 April 2021|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Leather was born in [[Manchester]]. He grew up in [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]] and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website}} *{{IMDb name}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leather, Stephen}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English television writers]] [[Category:Writers from Manchester]] {{bio-stub}}