Robert B. Parker, the best selling author of over 60 books, died yesterday of a heart attack. He wrote 5 pages daily, and he died at his desk working on a book. Best known for his private eye series Spenser, Parker also wrote the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall series as well as westerns and young adult novels. Parker admired writer Raymond Chandler and completed one of Chandler's unfinished books,Poodle Springs. Many believe that Parker's Spenser is based on Chandler's Marlowe.
Parker's latest Jesse Stone novel, Split Image, will be released next month. Married over 50 years, Parker dedicated every book to his wife Joan.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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