Leslie Thomas, (22 March 1931 – 6 May 2014) was a Welsh journalist and author. His best known works where his comic novels "The Virgin Soldiers" (1966) and "Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective" (1976). "The Virgin Soldiers" was made into a movie in 1969 and a sequel in 1977, while "Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective" was made into an ITV television series starring Peter Davison. The series ran for 17 episodes from 2003 to 2007.