Matt Helm - The Ravagers
Donald Hamiltonis the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than   20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended   the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His   writing career began in 1946 with short stories forCollier'sandThe Saturday Evening Post. His first novel wasDate With Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel,Death of a Citizen, was originally published in 1960, at the height of the Cold War.