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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Robert Brown Parker canonical 2

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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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subject linked to: Robert Brown Parker