Greene. Other series he wrote episodes for included Return of the Saint (1978), the pilot (Storyboard: The Traitor) and two further episodes of Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (Thames, 1983, 1984, 1985), and one episode of Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (Thames, 1986). His final television work was as story editor on the six part series London Embassy (Thames, 1987), based on a book of short stories by Paul Theroux about the unusual experiences of an American diplomat based in London. For the cinema he wrote the initial synopsis for the 1982 SAS embassy-storming film Who Dares Wins, which was then turned into a novel The Tiptoe Boys in thirty days flat by author James Follett and then into a screenplay by screenwriter Reginald Rose. James Follett, who began writing professionally in 1973, has described George Markstein as his "guru", and is still represented by Markstein's company Marjacq. Following a long illness, Markstein died of kidney failure in 1987. Works Novels The Cooler (1974) The Man From Yesterday (1976) Chance Awakening (1977) Tara Kane (1978) The Goering Testament (1978) Traitor for a Cause (1979) Ultimate Issue (1981) Ferret (1983) Soul Hunters (1987) Writing credits Awards and nominations References External links An interview with George Markstein, conducted by Chris Rodley in 1984. from the 1984 documentary Six into One: The Prisoner File, which includes edited parts of the above interview Tribute to George Markstein – James Follett website Marjacq 1926 births 1987 deaths British spy fiction writers British television producers Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom Deaths from kidney failure 20th-century British novelists People from Berlin