Biography
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) 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 mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the 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.Parker also wrote nine novels featuring the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first was Appaloosa, made into a film starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.
Filmography
all 24
Movies 22
Writer 17
TV Shows 2
Creator 2
Director 1
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
Appaloosa (2008)
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
Stone Cold (2005)
Monte Walsh (2003)
Walking Shadow (2001)
Thin Air (2000)
Small Vices (1999)
Poodle Springs (1998)
Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994)
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994)
Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Rock Zombie
Spenser Confidential 2
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-09-17
Deathday2010-06-18 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRobert Brown Parker, Роберт Б. Паркер, Роберт Паркер, Robert Parker
AwardsEdgar Awards, Gumshoe Awards
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