What is Frederick Forsyth?
[[File:Frederick Forsyth - 01.jpg|thumb|Forsyth in October 2003]] '''Frederick McCarthy Forsyth''' {{Small|[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} (born 25 August 1938) is a [[British people|British]] author and former journalist. He is best known for his [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] novels ''[[The Day of the Jackal]]'', ''[[The Odessa File]]'',''[[The Dogs of War]]'', ''[[The Fourth Protocol]]'', ''[[The Devil's Alternative]]'', ''[[The Fist of God]]'', ''[[Icon (novel)|Icon]]'', ''[[The Afghan]]'', ''[[The Cobra (novel)|The Cobra]]'' and ''[[The Kill List]]''. He has sold more than 70 million books in total.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punchng.com/english-author-frederick-forsyth-retires-fiction/|title=English author, Frederick Forsyth, retires from fiction|work=Punch Newspapers|date=14 September 2016|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> Forsyth was born in [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], [[Kent]]. He said in 2016 that he worked as an [[MI6]] [[spy]] for over twenty years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34101822|title=Frederick Forsyth reveals MI6 spying past|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=30 August 2015|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Frederick Forsyth}} * {{IMDb name|0287046|Frederick Forsyth}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Frederick}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British military people]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Kent]] [[Category:People from Ashford, Kent]] {{Bio-stub}}