Cookstrip home as a weekly feature in The Observer. The first cookstrip, "Cooking Beef: Part 1", appeared in The Observer on March 18, 1962 eight months before the release of Deighton's debut novel, The IPCRESS File. The "Len Deighton's Action Cookbook" which expanded these cookstrips into a full-length book was published March 1965, timed to coincide with the release of the film of "The Ipcress File" starring Michael Caine. Deighton chose the menu for the movie's press lunch and everyone was presented with a copy of the book. In the movie, Caine's character, Harry Palmer, is seen cracking eggs with one
John Dickinson (author) John Dickinson (author) John Geoffrey Hyett Dickinson (born June 1962) is an English author of young adult novels. His first novel, "The Cup of the World", was published in 2004. His novel "The Lightstep", written for adults, was published in 2008. Dickinson lives in Painswick, Gloucestershire. Dickinson is the eldest son of author Peter Dickinson and Mary Rose Barnard. He was educated at St Paul's School (London) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he achieved a First in History. From 1985 to 1998, Dickinson worked at the Ministry of Defence (MOD). During this time he was seconded to the Cabinet Office