Robert Parker
Robert Parker
Robert Brown Parkerwas an American crime writer. His most famous works were the 40 novels written 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. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben and Dennis Lehane...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 September 1932
CitySpringfield, MA
I rarely write Spenser: For Hire. The ABC series is based on characters created by me, and I serve on the program as a consultant. As we all know, a consultant's first responsibility is to deposit the check every week. After that, I read each script and make suggestions.
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I don't go to the movies, and I never watch television except ballgames and Law & Order. I can talk along with the reruns now. My lips move with Mike Logan's.
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On the big issues, Joan and I are amazingly in tune, but on the creature-comfort level, we're incompatible.
I was someplace the other day. Too modest. I was winning the prestigious Hale Award, which is given annually in Newport, New Hampshire for anyone who'll go up and accept it. I don't get that many awards, friends. So it was a three-hour drive?
So it's - the book is the book, the movie is the movie, the money is the money, and - you know?
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