Peter Driscoll was a bestselling British author of international thrillers in the 1970s and 1980's. His biggest novel, The Wilby Conspiracy, was made into a movie in 1975 starring Micheal Caine and Sidney Poitier. He was born in England and raised in South Africa. Over the years he would also live and work in Greece and Hong Kong before eventually settling in Ireland. In his later years he became Chief Radio News subeditor with Radio Telefís Éireann. He died of a heart attack in 2005.
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