Robert B. Parker

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American crime writer (1932-2010)

United States WritersLived 1932 to 2010 · aged 77

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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.

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Robert B. Parker at his desk at Prudential in 1959

Awards 5

2007Gumshoe Awards

2002The Grand Master

1995Shamus Award

1983Maltese Falcon Award

1977Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel

Connected to Robert 6

Tamlyn TomitaAlso in Walking Shadow (2001)

Avery BrooksAlso in Spenser: Ceremony (1993)

Yancy ButlerAlso in Thin Air (2000)

Stephen McHattieAlso in Stone Cold (2005)

Bob RafelsonAlso in Poodle Springs (1998)

Saul RubinekAlso in Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)

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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. 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.

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