The Saint and the People Importers [SEP] series
The Saint and the People Importers
The Saint and the People Importers is the title of a 1971 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually co-authored by Fleming Lee. It is a novelization of the 1968 episode "The People Importers" from the 1962-69 TV series, "The Saint", originally written by Donald James. The episode sprang from an original outline
Vendetta for the Saint", credited to Charteris but written by Harry Harrison, was one of the last "Saint" stories to be adapted. Some of the later scripts were novelised and published as part of the ongoing series of "The Saint" novels, such as "The Fiction Makers" and "The People Importers". The first of these books, which gave cover credit to Charteris, but were actually written by others, was "The Saint on TV", and the series of novelisations continued for several