in 1949, the 33-year-old Brickhill married 21-year-old Margot Slater, also an Australian, in St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, Chester Square, Pimlico on 22 April 1950. They divorced on 20 July 1964 after a tempestuous marriage. Margot later married Devon Minchin. Paul and Margot Brickhill had two children: Timothy Paul (14 April 1954– ) and Tempe Melinda (August 1957– ). After working as a fashion model Tempe became manager of Issey Miyake London, CEO of Issey Miyake Europe and a director of Fédération Française de la Couture. Biographies about Brickhill His life was the subject of a 2016 biography, The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill, by Stephen Dando-Collins and Flying into Danger: The Paul Brickhill Story by John Ramsland. Bibliography Brickhill wrote the following books: Escape to Danger (with Conrad Norton). London: Faber and Faber, 1946. The Great Escape. New York: Norton, 1950. The Dam Busters. London: Evans, 1951. Escape – Or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society. London: Evans, 1952. Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader DSO, DFC. London: Collins, 1954. The Deadline. London: Collins, 1962. (US title War of Nerves) Three Great Air Stories. London: Collins, 1970. Film adaptations Three books by Brickhill were made into feature films: The Dam Busters (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), and The Great Escape (1963). Deadline became an episode of the Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre anthology series entitled War of Nerves that was first broadcast on 5 January 1964. Notes References "Brickhill, Paul Chester Jerome 1916–1991." Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, 69: 68–69. External links NY Times obituary 1916 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Australian non-fiction writers Australian prisoners of war Australian World War II pilots Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III People educated at North Sydney Boys High School Royal Australian Air Force officers Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Shot-down aviators World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Writers from Melbourne Military personnel from Melbourne