where was robert b parker found dead?
At the age of 77, “just sitting at his desk” at his home in Cambridge, Mass., according to an email sent out by a representative of his U.K. publisher Quercus, Robert B. Parker is dead. The news of Parker’s death on Monday was confirmed by Parker’s U.S publisher, Putnam; an official statement is expected later today, though on Twitter a representative wrote: “R.I.P beloved author Robert B. Parker. You were indeed a Grand Master, your legacy lives on, and you will be missed by us all.” The thriller writer Joseph Finder also confirmed the news directly with Parker’s family, said to be “in shock.”And the Bookseller quotes Parker’s UK editor, Nick Johnston: “He was a great talent who will be mourned by all his many fans.” I’m really not sure how to process this. Not at all. I suppose it’s exactly the way the author best known for his Spenser private detective novels, who by the latter portion of his career was up to publishing three novels a year, working at a five to ten page-a-day clip,
Crime novelist Robert B. Parker dies Robert B. Parker, 77, the highly productive and successful author who wrote the Spenser private detective novels, died yesterday, at home in Cambridge, Mass., according to his U.S. publisher, Putnam. He was still at work, and preliminary reports indicated that he died at his desk. Considered the dean of American crime fiction, Parker’s most famous novels feature the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser. The character, an ex-boxer and ex-state policeman, is also a gourmet cook and a reader of serious literature. He was named for Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare’s contemporary. Written in the first person, Spenser became a favorite of the literati who enjoyed crisp, witty prose in a genre that often had been neglected by skilled writers. Parker began writing his Spenser novels in 1971 while teaching at Boston’s Northeastern University and they were later made into an ABC TV series, Spenser for Hire. In February 2005, CBS-TV broadcast its
