| Robert B. Parker  AKA Robert Brown Parker
Born: 17-Sep-1932
Birthplace: Springfield, MA
Died: 18-Jan-2010
Location of death: Cambridge, MA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Spenser Military service: US Army (Korea) Series include Spenser, which was dramatized in the 1980s television series, Spenser: For Hire, starring Robert Urich; and Jesse Stone, featured in a series of made-for-TV movies starring Tom Selleck. In total, Parker authored over sixty novels, greatly influenced by pioneering mystery writer Raymond Chandler. All of Parker's novels he dedicated to his wife Joan. Wife: Joan H. Parker (m. 26-Aug-1956, until his death, two sons)
Son: David
Son: Daniel
University: BA, Colby College (1954)
University: MA English Literature, Boston University (1957)
University: PhD English Literature, Boston University (1971)
Professor: Boston University (1976-79)
Phi Alpha Tau Honorary
Edgar 1977 for Promised Land (Best Novel)
Edgar 2002 (Grand Master)
Gumshoe Award 2008 (Lifetime Achievement)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Spencer: Small Vices (18-Jul-1999)
Official Website:
http://www.robertbparker.net/
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