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Donald E. Westlake

Born July 12, 1933 (1933-07-12) (age 74)
Brooklyn, New York
Pen name John B. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity Allen, Curt Clark, Timothy J. Culver, J. Morgan Cunningham, Richard Stark, Edwin West, among others
Occupation novelist
Nationality U.S.
Genres crime fiction
Notable work(s) The Hunter
One of Westlake's earliest novels, reissued by Hard Case Crime
One of Westlake's earliest novels, reissued by Hard Case Crime

Donald Edwin Westlake (born July 12, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American writer and novelist, with over a hundred books to his credit. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from Hard Case Crime is an American publisher of Paperback Hardboiled Crime novels founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai, also known as the founder of the Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. He specializes in crime fiction, especially comic capers with an occasional foray into science fiction. Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from The caper story is a subgenre of Crime fiction. The typical caper story involves one or more crimes (especially thefts swindles or occasionally kidnappings perpetrated He is a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only two writers (the other is Joe Gores) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York. Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York.

He has also been an occasional contributor to science fiction fanzines such as Xero. A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of Science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day Xero was a Science fiction fanzine edited and published from 1960 to 1963 by Dick Lupoff, Pat Lupoff and Bhob Stewart.

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Personal life

Westlake attended Harpur College in Binghamton, New York, and left early. The State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton or Binghamton University is one of the four university centers in New York State’s system of Binghamton, known as The Parlor City is a City located in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. He spent two years in the United States Air Force, an experience that would later influence his fiction (several of his novels' protagonists, notably John Dortmunder and the protagonist of 361, are ex-military men). He is married to Abigail Westlake (also known as Abby Adams Westlake and Abby Adams), a writer of nonfiction (her two published books are An Uncommon Scold and The Gardener's Gripe Book). The couple lives in upstate New York. Abby Westlake is a well-regarded gardener and the Westlake garden is frequently opened for public viewing in the summer [1].

Pseudonyms

In addition to writing consistently under his own name, Westlake publishes under several pseudonyms. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) The best known continuing pseudonym is that of Richard Stark, which debuted in 1959 as a byline on several short stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and other, similar publications. Donald Edwin Westlake (born July 12, 1933, in Brooklyn New York) is a prolific American Novelist, with over a hundred books Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Then, from 1962-1974, 20 novels about the relentless and remorseless professional thief Parker and his accomplices appeared and were credited to Richard Stark. "Stark" was then inactive until 1997, when Westlake once again began writing and publishing Parker novels under Stark's name.

Other Westlake psuedonyms include

Currently, Westlake publishes both serious and comic novels under his own name, and Parker novels under Stark's name. Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer best known for two long-running New York -set series about No other pen-names are known to be currently used by Westlake, nor has he been known to have used any (other than Stark) since the "Samuel Holt" novels of the 1980s.

Writing style

Donald Westlake is known for the great ingenuity of his plots and the audacity of his gimmicks. His writing and dialogue are lively. His main characters are fully rounded, believable, and clever. Westlake's most famous characters include the hard-boiled criminal Parker (appearing in fiction under the Richard Stark pseudonym) and Parker's comic flip-side John Dortmunder, the hard-luck criminal genius who originally began as Parker getting caught in a comic situation in the 1970 novel The Hot Rock. Parker is a fictional character created by Donald E Westlake. John Archibald Dortmunder is a fictional character created by Donald E

Most of Donald Westlake's novels are set in New York City. The City of New York In each of the Dortmunder novels, there is typically a detailed shortcut somewhere through the city.

Motion pictures

Several of Westlake's novels have been made into motion pictures, including Point Blank in 1967 with Lee Marvin, The Hot Rock in 1972 with Robert Redford, Cops and Robbers (1973), The Outfit with Robert Duvall (1973), Bank Shot (1974) with George C. Scott, Jimmy the Kid (1979) with Gary Coleman, Why Me? (1990), Payback (1999), a second film made from the first Parker novel, with Mel Gibson, and What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) with Martin Lawrence. Point Blank is a 1967 Crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, adapted from the Lee Marvin ( February 19, 1924 &ndash August 29, 1987) was an American Film actor The Hot Rock ( 1972) is a sly comic caper movie directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Redford, George Segal, and Moses Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Cops and Robbers is a 1973 film directed by Aram Avakian and written by Donald E Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer. Gary Wayne Coleman (born February 8, 1968) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Why Me? ( 1990) Directed by Gene Quintano. Written by Donald E Payback is a 1999 Action film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Brian Helgeland. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 What's the Worst That Could Happen? is a 2001 American Comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring Martin Lawrence and Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is an American Actor, Comedian, director and producer. Costa-Gavras adapted The Ax for the European screen in 2005, to great critical and public acclaim. Constantinos Gavras (born February 13, 1933, Loutra Iraias, Greece) better known as (Constantin Costa-Gavras (Κώστας Γαβράς Entitled Le Couperet, the film takes place in France and Belgium rather than the novel's setting of New England.

Jean-Luc Godard's Made in USA (1966) was an extremely loose adaptation of "The Jugger. Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague The Made in USA mark is a Country of origin label indicating the product is "all or virtually all" made in the U " Neither the film's producer nor Godard purchased the rights to the novel, so Westlake successfully sued to prevent the film's commercial distribution in the United States.

Westlake is himself a screenwriter. His script for the 1990 film The Grifters, adapted from the novel by Jim Thompson, was nominated for an Academy Award. This article discusses the movie The Grifters. See Grifters for information about the rock band from Tennessee James Myers Thompson ( September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory - April 7, 1977, Los Angeles, California The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States (Westlake the screenwriter adapted Jim Thompson's work in a straightforward manner, but Westlake the humourist satirized Thompson later that year in the Dortmunder novel Drowned Hopes, which features a character named "Tom Jimson" who is hard-boiled to the point of absurdity. ) Westlake also wrote the original screenplay The Stepfather, the film of which was sufficiently popular to receive two sequels and a forthcoming remake (projects in which Westlake was not involved). The Stepfather is a 1987 American Thriller film starring Terry O'Quinn in the title role

Parker Novels

Westlake writing under Richard Stark pseudonym

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