# Frederick Forsyth

> He made the assassination thriller a genre unto itself — precise, cold, and plausible enough that intelligence services took notice. The Day of the Jackal turned a failed 1960s plot against de Gaulle into a template every airport paperback since has chased.

*English novelist (1938–2025)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1938-08-25
- **Died:** 2025-06-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth was born 25 August 1938 and spent his early career in the field: Reuters in 1961, then the BBC as assistant diplomatic correspondent in 1965. The Day of the Jackal arrived in 1970 and became the standard — a procedural so tight it read like classified cable traffic. The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Fourth Protocol, and a string of others followed, each built on the same architecture of tradecraft and consequence. By 2006 he'd moved more than 70 million books in over 30 languages; a dozen-plus became films. He kept a column at the Daily Express, conservative-leaning and unapologetic, until his death on 9 June 2025.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 28.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287046/ (@nm0287046)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.frederickforsyth.co.uk/

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Fiction, #Screenwriting, #Journalism, #Literature, #United Kingdom, #Europe

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