Robert Brown Parker Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the 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 based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. Parker was 77 when he died of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts; discovered at his desk by his wife Joan, he had been working on a novel. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre.
Full Name
Robert Brown Parker
Net Worth
$3 Million
Date Of Birth
September 17, 1932
Died
2010-01-18
Place Of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation
Novelist
Profession
Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor
Spouse
Joan Hall Parker
Nicknames
Robert B. Parker, Parker, Robert B.
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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Sunny Randall was invented at the behest of Helen Hunt, who wanted me to invent someone for her to play in a series of movies. We agreed that I would write a novel. Putnam would publish. Sony would buy it for Helen, and Helen would star. Everything worked fine up to actually making the movie. That is in limbo (nothing ever dies in Hollywood, though the birth rate is also low). Sunny did well and my publisher urged me to continue, so I did.
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Art is a part of our everyday life and to proceed in its pursuit in an everyday way is to stand up to the bastards. You keep on keeping on.
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Fact
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Has never revealed the first name of Spenser, his best-known character. In fact, in only one book--1991's "Stardust"--is Spenser even asked his name by another character.
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In 2002, Parker was awarded the "Edgar" for "Grand Master" by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Won the 1977 Mystery Writer's of America's "Edgar" Award (named after Edgar Allen Poe) for Best Novel of the Year for his 1976 novel, "Promised Land", fourth in the Spenser series.
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Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College (Maine) before joining the army. After completing his service, he returned to college, earning Master's (1962) and Doctoral degrees from Boston University (1971).
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Is a Korean War veteran.
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He was chosen to complete Raymond Chandler's last Phillip Marlowe novel (one of the inspirations for Parker's own fictional private eye, Spenser), "Poodle Springs." Though Chandler left only four chapters when he died in 1959, Parker, to critical acclaim and commercial success, completed the novel, which was published in 1989 (with an initial print run of 200,000).
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Has two sons, Daniel Parker (an actor) and David Parker (a choreographer).
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Helen Hunt requested he create a female private detective for her to play. The result was Parker's series of novels featuring Sunny Randall.
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2002: Received the prestigious Connor Award given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honorary brother of the fraternity.
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His character Spenser is modeled after Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe.
