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Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker, the bestselling, award-wining author of more than 45 books for Penguin Group (USA)'s G. P. Putnam's Sons and Berkley Books imprints, died suddenly on January 18, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was

Long acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction, Mr. Parker was named Grand Master of the Edgar Awards in by the Mystery Writers of America, an honor shared with earlier masters such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. He was renowned for his Spenser novels, featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye, which earned him a devoted following and reams of critical acclaim. The New York Times Book Review said of the Spenser books: "We are witnessing one of the great series in the history of the American detective story." Mr. Parker began writing his Spenser novels in while teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. Little did he suspect then that his witty, literate prose and psychological insights would make him the keeper of the flame of America's rich tradition of detective fiction. Mr. Parker also launched two other bestselling series featuring, respectively, Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone and Boston private detective Sunny Randall. In addition, Mr. Parker authore

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Robert B. Parker

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