Robert B. Parker
American crime writer (1932-2010) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser.
Robert B. Parker is read about 238 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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Tom Selleck Produced Monte Walsh and Stone Cold
Robert Harmon Directed Stone Cold (2005)
Stephen McHattie Also in Stone Cold (2005)
Kohl Sudduth Also in Stone Cold (2005)
Dashiell Hammett Influenced Robert
William Devane Also in Monte Walsh (2003)
Avery Brooks Also in Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
Joanna Miles Also in Small Vices, Thin Air and Monte Walsh
Kathy Baker Also in Stone Cold and Jesse Stone: Sea Change- James Gammon Also in Monte Walsh and Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Ed Harris Directed Appaloosa (2008)
Isabella Rossellini Robert produced Monte Walsh (2003)
Lee Child Influenced by Robert
William Sadler Also in Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
Keith Carradine Robert produced Monte Walsh (2003)
Rex Linn Also in Monte Walsh and Appaloosa
Saul Rubinek Also in Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
Jon Avnet Produced Poodle Springs (1998)
Sara Paretsky Influenced by Robert
Tom Bower Also in Poodle Springs and Appaloosa
Polly Shannon Also in Stone Cold (2005)
Barbara Williams Also in Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
Simon Wincer Directed Monte Walsh (2003)
Robert Markowitz Directed Small Vices (1999)
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About this person
In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire. A series of TV movies was also produced based on the same character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
