Robert B. Parker
- January 9, 2024
- Novelist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Robert B. Parker |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Date Of Birth | Sep 17, 1932(1932-09-17) |
| Age | 92 |
| Date Of Death | 2010-01-18 |
| Birthplace | Springfield |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Massachusetts |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
Robert B. Parker Biography
| Name | Robert B. Parker |
| Birthday | Sep 17 |
| Birth Year | 1932 |
| Place Of Birth | Springfield |
| Home Town | Massachusetts |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Spouse | Patricia Parker |
| Children(s) | Maia Song Elizabeth |
Robert B. Parker is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on September 17, 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. He is an American crime writer best known for his novels featuring the private detective Spenser. Spenser: For Hire, a TV series based on his popular books, was created.
Sunny Randall was a female detective created by him at the request of He created the female detective, Sunny Randall, at the request of actress Helen Hunt. .
In 1956, he married Joan H. Parker. They had been children in the same Springfield, Massachusetts area.
Robert B. Parker Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Novelist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Robert B. Parker is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert B. Parker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a soldier in the U.S. Army Infantry, Korea. After that, he earned his Master’s Degree in English Literature from Boston University.
His works are a testament to his encyclopedic knowledge about the Boston metropolitan area.
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Who is Robert B. Parker Dating?
According to our records, Robert B. Parker married to Patricia Parker. As of December 1, 2023, Robert B. Parker’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Robert B. Parker celebrates birthday on September 17 of every year.
Top Facts about Robert B. Parker
1. Robert Brown Parker was most famous for his 40 novels written about the
fictional private detective Spenser.
2. Parker’s works incorporated encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston
Metropolitan area.
3. Parker said he and his wife agreed to a unique living arrangement in an
interview with CBS Sunday Morning, where they lived separately on different
floors of a Victorian house.
4. Parker created female detective Sunny Randall at the request of actress
Helen Hunt.
5. Parker collaborated with Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai on a coffee
table book called Spenser’s Boston, exploring the city through Spenser’s
“eyes” via high quality, 4-color photos.
6. Parker and his wife created an independent film company called Pearl
Productions, based in Boston.
7. Parker and his wife had two sons, David and Daniel, and Parker omitted
Spenser’s first name entirely to avoid appearing to favour one son over the
other.
8. Parker was awarded three nominations and two Edgar Awards from the Mystery
Writers of America.
9. Parker was a great dog lover and included dogs in his Spenser stories,
always named Pearl.
10. Parker collaborated with several authors to continue his series following
his death, including Michael Brandman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Mike Lupica and
Robert Knott.
11. Parker received the 2002 Joseph E. Connor Memorial Award from the Phi
Alpha Tau Fraternity at Emerson College.
12. Before his death in 2010, he was awarded the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement
Award.
13. Parker’s favourite books included The Bear, The Great Gatsby, Hamlet,
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and other classics.
14. Parker received his BA degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine and
earned his master’s degree and PhD in English literature from Boston
University.
15. Parker wrote his first novel in 1971 while teaching at Northeastern
University and became a full professor in 1976, full-time writing in 1979.
Are the Jesse Stone movies based on books?
There is a collection of Jesse Stone TV movies starring Tom Selleck as the leading man. In fact, there are nine. The first movie Stone Cold, based on the second book in the book series , premiered in 2005 on CBS. It was swiftly followed by Night Passage and Death in Paradise in 2006.
Is Robert B Parker still alive?
January 18, 2010
What was Robert B Parker's last book?
Appaloosa(2005)Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Revelation (By:Robert Knott)| (2017)| Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Buckskin (By:Robert Knott)| (2019)| Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Opium Rose (By:Robert Knott)| (2022)| Hardcover Paperback Kindle
How many Spenser books did Robert B Parker write?
Robert B. Parker’s books about him became a phenomenon — Parker wrote 40 bestselling novels about Spenser (as well as numerous books in three other series) before he died at his desk in 2010. In 2011, Parker’s family and estate announced that another writer would continue the Spenser series.
Is Tom Selleck making any more Jesse Stone movies?
The bad news is, he has been interested in making a new Jesse Stone movie for a few years now, and so far, nothing has happened. In 2017 (yep, 2017!), Selleck was interviewed by Parade to talk about his work on the TV series, Blue Bloods.