Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler (1909–1998) was an English author of thrillers, especially spy novels, who also worked as a screenwriter. His books include Journey into Fear, Mask of Dimitrios and Passage of Arms, and The Light of Day, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1964 and was filmed as Topkapi. Under the pseudonym Eliot Reed he co-wrote books with Charles Rodda.