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Robert B. Parker

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Biography

Robert B. Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 17, 1932. He attended Colby College. Robert received a PhD in English literature from…more

Born

9/17/1932, Springfield, Massachusetts

Birth Name

Robert Brown Parker

Gender

Male

Credits

Writer (4)

Role
- Jesse Stone
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sea Change
    5/22/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Death in Paradise
    4/30/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 Night Passage
    1/15/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 Stone Cold
    2/20/05
- Spenser: For Hire
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 25 Pale Kings and Princes
    1/2/94
  - S 3: Ep 1 Homecoming
    9/27/87
  - S 2: Ep 17 One For My Daughter
    3/7/87
  - S 3: Ep 23 Ceremony
- B.L. Stryker
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 5 Blues For Buder
    5/15/89
- A Man Called Hawk
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Life after Death
    5/13/89
  - S 1: Ep 12 Beautiful Are the Stars
    5/6/89
  - S 1: Ep 11 If Memory Serves
    4/29/89
  - S 1: Ep 10 Intensive Care
    4/15/89
  - S 1: Ep 9 Never My Love
    4/1/89
  - + 8 More Credits

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- Robert B. Parker won an Edgar Award in 1977 in the Best Novel category for Promised Land. In 2002 he won the Grand Master Award to recognize his contributions to the mystery field.
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- Robert B. Parker is an honorary brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity.
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- Robert B. Parker owns a German shorthaired pointer named Pearl.
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- Robert B. Parker (On the TV series, Spenser: For Hire): Their Hawk, magnificently played by Avery Brooks, is less amoral than my Hawk, more rigidly adhering to some kind of private warrior code. Since neither their Spenser nor their Hawk is allowed to shoot first, they are sometimes required to look either slow or silly while they stand around waiting to return fire. Because television thrives on extended action, their villains seem more evenly matched with their Spenser and Hawk. Television hates a one-punch fight.
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- Robert B. Parker (On the TV series Spenser: For Hire): When I agreed to the TV series, I did so with a clear sense that a thing is what it is, and not something else. It is the business of television to put on good television, not to replicate my books. Their Spenser succeeds in this. It is not entirely my Spenser, but it's good television.
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- Robert B. Parker (On TV series, Spenser: For Hire): I like the show, and I like the novels. If I were you, I'd watch their Spenser and read mine, and enjoy them both. A thing is, after all, what it is, and not something else.
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