COLIN FORBES (1923-2006) was the principal pseudonym of British thriller writer Raymond Harold Sawkins. Sawkins wrote over 40 books, mostly as Colin Forbes. He was most famous for his long-running series of thrillers in which the principal character is Tweed, Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Service. Forbes started out working as a sub-editor for a publishing company before serving with the British Army in North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. When he went back to civilian life, he worked for a publishing and print company, eventually becoming a novelist on a full-time basis. Forbes made his debut as a published author in 1966 using his real name of Raymond Sawkins for the novel Snow on High Ground. His debut under his preferred pen name (Colin Forbes) came in 1969 with Tramp in Armour.
