Robert B. Parker (1) (1932–2010)
Autor(a) de The Godwulf Manuscript
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About the Author
Robert Brown Parker is an American fiction writer of mysteries. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and earned his BA degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He went on to earn his master's degree in English literature from Boston University. He started his career working in mostrar mais advertising. After some years, he went back to school to earn his PhD in English from Boston University in 1971. He then began his writng career while teaching at Northeastern University. He decided to become a full-time writer in 1979. His most popular works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. The ABC Television Network developed the television series "Spenser: For Hire", based on the character in the mid-1980s. Parker also wrote nine novels based on the character Jesse Stone and six novels based on the character Sunny Randall. On January 18, 2010, Robert Parker died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Robert B. Parker
Wings Bestsellers: Robert Parker: A New Collection of Three Complete Spenser Novels (1980) 38 exemplares
A Spenserian Sonnet 4 exemplares
The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality: A Study of the Private Eye in the Novels of Dashiell Hammett,… (1983) 4 exemplares
Harlem Nocturne 3 exemplares
Spenser (excerpt from "The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of their Greatest… 3 exemplares
For the Love of Books; 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most -- Parker's contribution 3 exemplares
Spenser Novel Collection: Now and Then, School Days, Hugger Mugger, Hush Money, Sudden Mischief, Small Vices, Double… (2011) 1 exemplar
Snuff 1 exemplar
Cold Case 1 exemplar
Spenser Novel Collection: Dream Girl, Cold Service, Bad Business, Back Story, Widow's Walk, Potshot (A Spenser novel) (2011) 1 exemplar
Wild Swams 1 exemplar
The Spenser Novels 22-27 1 exemplar
Robert B. Parker: The Spenser Novels 16-21 1 exemplar
Pale Horse and Rider 1 exemplar
Spencer Series (Various Titles) 1 exemplar
Bullet 1 exemplar
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 451 exemplares
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contribuidor — 209 exemplares
In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero (2012) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Great Mysteries Great Writers: Lucky Day / Trapped / Pastime / Snagged / Dealer's Choice (1994) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Parker, Robert B.
- Nome legal
- Parker, Robert Brown
- Data de nascimento
- 1932-09-17
- Data de falecimento
- 2010-01-18
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart attack
- Locais de residência
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Educação
- Colby College (BA | 1954)
Boston University (M.A. | 1957 | Ph.D | 1971 | English) - Ocupações
- technical writer
advertising
professor
novelist - Relações
- Parker, Joan H. (wife)
- Organizações
- United States Army
Northeastern University
Pearl Productions - Prémios e menções honrosas
- MWA Grand Master (2002)
Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2007)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1995)
Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) - Agente
- Helen Brann
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Robert B(rown) Parker (1) was born September 17, 1932, in Springfield, MA. He earned a B.A. in English from Colby College in Maine in 1954, served as infantryman in Korea, and earned an M.A. in English from Boston University in 1957. He held several jobs before enrolling in Boston University's PhD program, and then taught English at various colleges until 1978. He is married to the former Joan Hall; they have two sons. Parker has created private detectives Spenser, and Sunny Randall, and Police Chief Jesse Stone, each of whom is featured in an ongoing series. Their story lines occasionally intersect. He also writes an American Western series featuring Hitch and Cole, and has contributed to the Wyatt Earp saga with the novel Gunman's Rhapsody. Recently, he has written some young adult fiction as well. He died unexpectedly at home in Cambridge, MA, on January 18, 2010.
Membros
Discussions
Any Robert B. Parker fans? Just read that he passed away today. em Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Outubro 2011)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 125
- Also by
- 24
- Membros
- 67,578
- Popularidade
- #198
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 1,322
- ISBN
- 1,521
- Línguas
- 23
- Marcado como favorito
- 22
(If anyone ever tries to sell you a stereotype of the English professor, point them at these two authors, and ask them which one it fits.)
In The Professional, Spenser agrees to stop a blackmailer (not try to stop, you understand--not Spenser), and then finds the situation a bit more complicated than it first appeared. Regular readers know it will all come mostly right in the end. The usual banter with Hawk, sexual and intellectual interplay with Susan, and plain old think-it-through detective work. The occasional literary allusion drops into the text, and you either get it or you don't. Parker doesn't insult his readers by explicating, or embarrass them by making them wonder what he's talking about. I probably miss a handful of references in every book, because they fit so seamlessly into the characters' conversation or thoughts. He never disappoints, and always leaves me October 2009… (mais)