Robert Brown Parker

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Robert Brown Parker was an American crime fiction author best known for his Spenser detective novels, which helped revitalize the hard-boiled genre in the late 20th century.

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instanceOf human
novelist
screenwriter
academicDegree PhD in English literature
activeYearsEnd 2010
activeYearsStart 1970
awardReceived Edgar Award
Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-09-17
dateOfDeath 2010-01-18
educatedAt Boston University
Colby College
employer Northeastern University
familyName Parker
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
mystery fiction
givenName Robert
hasPart Jesse Stone (fictional character)
linked to: Jesse Stone series

Spenser (fictional character)
linked to: Spenser

Sunny Randall (fictional character)
linked to: Sunny Randall
influenced modern hard-boiled crime fiction
influencedBy Dashiell Hammett
Raymond Chandler
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Brown
movement hard-boiled detective fiction
name Robert Brown Parker
notableWork A Savage Place
Appaloosa
Early Autumn
Jesse Stone series
Looking for Rachel Wallace
Promised Land
Spenser series
Sunny Randall series
The Godwulf Manuscript
occupation novelist
professor
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Joan H. Parker

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Robert B. Parker fullName Robert Brown Parker
Robert B. Parker name Robert Brown Parker
subject linked to: Robert Brown Parker