Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury (24 October 1917 – 4 December 2005) was a British author of espionage fiction.

He is believed to be the only British secret agent to have parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war, remaining there until the Allied armies arrived.

During the Cold War he was captured and tortured when running agents across the border between East and West Germany.

[7] Allbeury was born in Stockport, Cheshire, and educated at King Edward VI Aston School, Birmingham.

[4] Allbeury's 1984 novel No Place to Hide was filmed as Hostage (1992) and starred Sam Neill, Talisa Soto and James Fox.