Peter Smalley is an Australian

Australian people

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 born author, screenwriter and broadcaster who lives in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, who has written a series of naval

Royal Navy

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 thrillers featuring Captain William Rennie. His first Rennie adventure HMS Expedient was published by Century, an imprint of Random House

Random House

Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...

 in 2005. His screenwriting credits include Dead-End Drive In (1986), The Return of Captain Invincible

The Return Of Captain Invincible

The Return of Captain Invincible is a 1983 Australian musical comedy and superhero film starring Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee.-Plot:The plot involves the Captain America/Superman inspired super-hero called "Captain Invincible" who is active during World War II and afterwards...

(1984) and Chopper Squad

Chopper Squad

Chopper Squad is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the 0-10 Network .The series was based around the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney...

(1978-1979).

Smalley was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria, and following a career in advertising he became a screenwriter, broadcaster, and novelist. Smalley is from a seafaring family, and lives in London

London

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 with his wife, Clytie.

Screenwriting

• Dead-End Drive In (1986)
• Emma's War (1986)
• The Wild Duck (1984)
• The Return of Captain Invincible
  The Return Of Captain Invincible
  The Return of Captain Invincible is a 1983 Australian musical comedy and superhero film starring Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee.-Plot:The plot involves the Captain America/Superman inspired super-hero called "Captain Invincible" who is active during World War II and afterwards...
  
  (1984)
• Chopper Squad
  Chopper Squad
  Chopper Squad is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the 0-10 Network .The series was based around the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney...
  
  (1978-1979)
• Centre Play (1976)

External links

• Peter Smalley at Fantasticfiction.com
• Peter Smalley at Random House
  Random House
  Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...