- Patrick Alexander (1926-2003) worked as a journalist and later a TV script writer. His first novel, Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal (1976), won awards and was made into the film The Professional (1981), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. His later novels included Show Me A Hero (1979), Soldier On The Other Side (1983) and Ryfka (1988).- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Saunders
- Was a keen chess player and a member of Surbiton Chess Club for many years.
- Novelist Stephen Hunter cites Alexander's Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal as a direct inspiration for his own novel Dead Zero.
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