Paul Wheeler (born 1934) is a British screenwriter and novelist. He was born in 1934 in Kingston,

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. He obtained his BA from

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in 1959 and his MA from the

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in 1960. As a screenwriter, he is best known for his scripts for ''The Medallion'' (2003), '' Caravan to Vaccares'' (1974) and ''The Terrorists'' (1975). He also wrote scripts for numerous TV series like '' Tenko'', ''

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''. In the early 1980s, he published a novel on the Bodyline controversy, which was adapted as an

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TV series starring

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. He married Alexandra Martinez in 1964. He is related by marriage to the American journalist Morton Kondracke.''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' by R. Reginald, Mary A. Burgess, Douglas Menville

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Paul British writers 1934 births Living people Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford University of Chicago alumni