Irwin Fletcher is a smart investigative reporter who goes undercover to find the source of a drug epidemic at the beach. The Brave (1991) was adapted into a movie starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. Fletch Lives (1989) was adapted into a 1989 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Chevy Chase. Fletch (1974) was adapted into a 1985 American comedy action thriller movie starring Chevy Chase. Running Scared (1964) was adapted into a 1972 British film by the same name starring Gayle Hunnicutt and Robert Powell. Additionally, Mcdonald wrote other two books in the Skylar series and several non-series and non-mystery books. The Fletch series also spawned another series titled Son of Fletch in which the author introduced Jack Faoni, the illegitimate son of Maurice Fletcher. Flynn appeared in four of his spin-off books. In the second book in the series, Confess, Fletch the author introduced his second protagonist, Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn, an intelligent but aberrant Boston homicide detective who served as a foil for Fletcher. In 1985, the first book in Fletch series was optioned into a film with Chevy Chase playing the role of Fletch, the irreverent investigative reporter. He quit his 4-5 job to become a full-time writer.
Mcdonald worked as a teacher before becoming a journalist for the Boston Globe.
He attended Harvard University paid his school fees by operating yachts. Mcdonald was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Gregory Mcdonald was an American author of mystery novels famously known for the creation of the character Irwin Fletcher, an investigative reporter.
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