Robert b parker biography
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This is one page which the original Bullets & Beer did not have. In a sense, the whole site was about RBP, and was kept updated with notes on book signing tours, interviews, and other Parker-related trivia.
If you're here, chances are you're familiar with the man. I'm including here just a brief bio. Mostly this page is a place to gather links to the interviews and other material B&B collected on the esteemed Dr. parkerar.
He has passed away, but his legacy has not - both the Spenser and Jesse Stone series are being continued (by acclaimed authors Ace Atkins and Reed Farrel Coleman, respectively).
Robert B. Parker: a brief biography[]
To borrow a succinct overview from his official website, &#;"Born and raised in Massachusetts, graduated from Colby College in Maine, married Joan Hall, had two sons, earned his Ph.D. at Boston University, taught at Northeastern University, and wrote nearly seventy books." He wasn't a boxer, but spent enough time lifting weights to lend
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Robert B. Parker
American crime writer (–)
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, &#; January 18, ) 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 mids; 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]
Parker also wrote nine novels featuring Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The