Gregory Mcdonald

Gregory Mcdonald was an American mystery writer known for his character Irwin Maurice Fletcher, an investigative reporter who preferred the nickname “Fletch.” Two of the Fletch books earned Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America: Fletch was named Best First Novel in 1975, and Confess, Fletch won for Best Paperback Original in 1977. Mcdonald would go on to write seven more Fletch novels. This became the 1985 movie of the same name starring Chevy Chase.