Winston Graham was the author of more than thirty novels, which include Cordelia, Night Without Stars, The Walking Stick and Stephanie, as well as the highly successful Poldark series. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and six have been filmed. Two television series have been made of the Poldark novels and shown in twenty-two countries. The Stranger From the Sea has now also been televised. Winston Graham was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in 2003. First published in 1961, Marnie inspired Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1964 film of the same name, starring Tippi Hedren.