Quiller

For other uses, see Quiller (disambiguation).

Quiller
First appearanceThe Berlin Memorandum (1965; U.S. title The Quiller Memorandum)
Created byElleston Trevor as Adam Hall
Portrayed by
In-universe information
GenderMale
NationalityEnglish

Quiller is a fictional character created by English novelist Elleston Trevor. Quiller, whose one-word name is a pseudonym,[1] works as a spy, and he is the hero of a series of 19 Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym Adam Hall, and became Trevor's most popular character.[2]

The books concern a solitary, highly capable operative who works, usually on his own, for a British government organization, referred to as "The Bureau", which "doesn't exist". Quiller narrates his adventures in the first person, addressing the reader in an informal tone. He was named after the real-life Cornish writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.[3]

  1. ^ Schickel, Richard (27 January 1967). "The Most Dour Spy of Them All: The Quiller Caper". Life. "Under the pseudonym of Adam Hall, he created Quiller, the monomial secret-agent hero of The Quiller Memorandum ..."
  2. ^ Gussow, Mel (25 July 1995). "Elleston Trevor, 75, Novelist of Many Names and Books". The New York Times. p. A13.
  3. ^ "The Man Who Was Quiller, by George Tolstiakov". www.quiller.net. Retrieved 2 October 2019.