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Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010)

Autor(a) de King Con

73+ Works 4,931 Membros 115 Críticas 9 Favorited

About the Author

Stephen J. Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1941. He was dyslexic and struggled through school. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he drove a truck for his father's home-decorating business and wrote TV scripts at night and on the weekends. His first writing mostrar mais successes were story ideas sold to Mission Impossible. Four years later, he sold a script for It Takes a Thief. In 1966 a script he submitted for Adam 12 so impressed the producers at Universal that they offered him the position of head writer. At Universal he wrote and helped create several TV shows including The Rockford Files, Baretta, and Baa Baa Black Sheep. He started his own production company in 1979, generating The A-Team, Riptide, Hunter, and 21 Jump Street. Other credits include Wiseguy, Renegade, and Silk Stalkings. He has scripted over 1,500 TV episodes and created or co-created over 40 programs. His first novel, The Plan, was published in 1995. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 novels including Final Victim, King Con, and the Shane Scully series. He died of complications associated with melanoma on September 30, 2010 at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Stephen J. Cannell

King Con (1997) 415 exemplares
The Tin Collectors (2001) 402 exemplares
The Viking Funeral (2002) 311 exemplares
Final Victim (1996) 289 exemplares
Cold Hit (2005) 280 exemplares
Hollywood Tough (2003) 269 exemplares
The Plan (1995) 260 exemplares
Vertical Coffin (2004) 256 exemplares
White Sister (2001) 248 exemplares
Three Shirt Deal (2008) 230 exemplares
Riding the Snake (1998) 221 exemplares
On the Grind (2009) 208 exemplares
The Pallbearers (2010) 189 exemplares
Vigilante (2011) 188 exemplares
The Devil's Workshop (2009) 182 exemplares
Runaway Heart (2003) 178 exemplares
The Prostitute's Ball (2010) 175 exemplares
At First Sight (2008) 155 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season One (2005) 52 exemplares
The Greatest American Hero: The Complete First Season (2010) — Creator — 40 exemplares
The A-Team: The Complete Second Season (2005) — Creator — 30 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season Five (2006) 27 exemplares
No Chance (2007) 23 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season Four (2007) 16 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season Two (2016) 12 exemplares
21 Jump Street: The Complete Series [1987 TV series] (2010) — Creator — 11 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season Three (2007) 10 exemplares
Den stora blåsningen (1999) 4 exemplares
The Rockford Files: Season Six (2009) 4 exemplares
Silk Stalkings: Season one (2010) 3 exemplares
Shane Scully Double Pack (2004) 3 exemplares
King Con 18 Copy Display B (1997) 3 exemplares
Prime Time Crime: The Stephen J. Cannell Collection (2010) — Producer — 2 exemplares
I collezionisti di destini (2012) 2 exemplares
Header King Con (2007) 1 exemplar
On the Grind 1 exemplar
King Con 27 Copy Display B (2007) 1 exemplar
Wiseguy--Season 1 1 exemplar
The Tin Collecotrs 1 exemplar
The Contract (2005) 1 exemplar
The A-Team Activity Book. (1983) 1 exemplar
Unsub 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The A-Team [2010 film] (2010) — Producer — 331 exemplares
Ice Spiders [2007 TV movie] (2007) — Actor — 3 exemplares

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Assinalado
BooksInMirror | 3 outras críticas | Feb 19, 2024 |
Powerful rendering of emotions, dramatic presentation of action, totally believable picture of political corruption (which is almost a redundancy anyway), "The Tin Collectors" is an astonishingly good beginning to a great series.
For anybody who, as I did, begins reading this series in the middle, that is, not with this Number One entry in the Shane Scully series, it might, and, in fact, most likely will, seem confusing. Lots of relationships change.
Yes, best to start with this Number One but even more better is to start. Cannell was one of our greatest story tellers. I strongly recommend "The Tin Collectors."… (mais)
 
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morrisonhimself | 5 outras críticas | Aug 27, 2023 |
Another great novel of slam-bang action from Stephen J. Cannell, with Shane Scully and his wife and son -- but with a whole new bunch from the movie industry. Ooooops, I mean the film industry.
The crime, especially with all the gang members, is sad and scary, but the bit about Hollywood is often funny, when it isn't being true-to-life ridiculous.
So far, I have not been disappointed in any Cannell book, but this one adds a layer: At the end, thanking the people who help him turn out these great books, he mentions that he is dyslexic.
To me, this adds poignancy, but it also makes me even more admiring.
It also explains some of the unevenness of the writing in some of his books.
I strongly recommend "Hollywood Tough," and every other book from author Cannell.
… (mais)
 
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morrisonhimself | 3 outras críticas | Aug 26, 2023 |
This is another excellent Stephen J. Cannell novel, full of twists and turns and lots of memorable characters -- not, by the way, all especially likable but nearly all likely to stick in your memory. Another that I recommend.
 
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morrisonhimself | 24 outras críticas | Aug 24, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
73
Also by
2
Membros
4,931
Popularidade
#5,095
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
115
ISBN
315
Línguas
10
Marcado como favorito
9

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