Robert B. Parker
American crime writer (1932–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area.[2] The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors [3] including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.[4]
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Born | Robert Brown Parker (1932-09-17)September 17, 1932 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | January 18, 2010(2010-01-18) (aged 77)[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Period | 1974–2010 |
Genre | Detective fiction, Western fiction |
Spouse | Joan Hall Parker (m. 1956) |
Children | 2 |
Website | |
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Parker also wrote nine novels featuring the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first was Appaloosa, made into a film starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.