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Signature. Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who ...
The Hunter (1962) is a crime thriller novel by American writer Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. [1] It is the first of the novels featuring career criminal Parker . [ 2 ]
978-0857683458. Memory is a thriller novel by American writer Donald E. Westlake, published posthumously in April 2010. [ 2][ 4] The novel was written in 1963 and was shopped to publishers by Westlake's then-agent, Scott Meredith, but none of them bought it despite editors praising the novel. [ 5] In the late 1970s, Westlake's agent, Henry ...
Parker (Stark novels character) Parker is a fictional character created by American novelist Donald E. Westlake. A professional robber specializing in large-scale, high-profit crimes, Parker is the main protagonist of 24 of the 28 novels Westlake wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
John Archibald Dortmunder is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake. He is the protagonist of 14 novels and 11 short stories published between 1970 and 2009. He first appeared in the novel The Hot Rock, published in 1970. Westlake originally intended The Hot Rock to feature his Parker character and to publish it under his Richard ...
352. ISBN. 9780892965878. Dewey Decimal. 813/.54. The Ax is 1997 horror thriller novel by American fiction writer Donald E. Westlake. The story follows Burke Devore on his violent hunt for a new job.
Alan Grofield is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake. He is the main protagonist of four of the 28 novels Westlake has written under the pseudonym Richard Stark, and a supporting character in an additional four. Grofield's first appearance was in the novel The Score, which was published in 1964.
Donald E. Westlake, writing as "Alan Marshall" Elaine Williams, writing as "Sloane Britain" and similar pseudonyms. Some have stated she committed suicide in 1963 [6] as a result of the social stigma she suffered as a lesbian. Other sources indicate that the car she was in skidded on snow and hit a tree head-on, killing Williams and gravely ...