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John Le Carré

(David John Moore Cornwell)

(1931 - 2020)
Father of Nick Harkaway

John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People.

Awards: CrimeFest (2011), CWA (1988), James Tait Black (1977), Edgar (1965) see all

Genres: Thriller, Literary Fiction

Series

Smiley
   1. Call for the Dead (1961)
   2. A Murder of Quality (1962)
   3. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)
   4. The Looking Glass War (1965)
   5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974)
   6. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977)
   7. Smiley's People (1979)
   8. The Secret Pilgrim (1990)
   The Collected George Smiley Radio Dramas (2010)
   The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas (2016)
   9. A Legacy of Spies (2017)

Novels

   A Small Town in Germany (1968)
   The Naive and Sentimental Lover (1971)
   The Little Drummer Girl (1983)
   A Perfect Spy (1986)
   The Russia House (1989)
   The Night Manager (1993)
   Our Game (1995)
   The Tailor of Panama (1996)
   Single and Single (1999)
   The Constant Gardener (2000)
   Absolute Friends (2003)
   The Mission Song (2006)
   A Most Wanted Man (2008)
   Our Kind of Traitor (2010)
   A Delicate Truth (2013)
   Agent Running in the Field (2019)
   Silverview (2021)

Collections

Favourite Spy Stories (1981) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn? (2016)

Series contributed to

Ox-Tales
Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by John Le Carré

The Book of Spies (2003)
An Anthology of Literary Espionage
edited by
Alan Furst

Awards

	2011 CrimeFest: Sounds of Crime Award : Our Kind of Traitor
	1988 CWA Diamond Dagger
	1977 James Tait Black Memorial Prize : The Honourable Schoolboy
	1977 CWA Gold Dagger : The Honourable Schoolboy
	1965 Edgar Award for Best Novel : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
	1964 Somerset Maugham Award : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
	1963 CWA Gold Dagger : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Award nominations

	2014 CrimeFest: Sounds of Crime Award (nominee) : A Delicate Truth
	1987 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Perfect Spy
	1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : A Perfect Spy
	1984 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Little Drummer Girl
	1983 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Little Drummer Girl
	1980 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Smiley's People
	1968 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Dare I Weep? Dare I Mourn?
	1961 CWA Gold Dagger (nominee) : Call for the Dead