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Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year ...
Set in the early 1970s, this novel serves as the introduction to Spenser, a private investigator in Boston.Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War [1] and as a former State trooper, is hired by Bradford W. Forbes, the president of an unnamed university (heavily implied to be Northeastern, the university at which Parker himself taught at the time ...
While in 1966's The Handle, Parker's age is explicitly stated to be 38, Parker is, essentially, an ageless character—in the various Parker novels that were written and take place over a span of 45 years, Parker always appears to be somewhere around 40.
Appaloosa (2005) is a novel set in the American Old West written by Robert B. Parker. [1] A film of the same name based on the novel was released in 2008. [2] Parker published a sequel, Resolution, in June 2008 and a third novel featuring the characters of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, Brimstone, in May 2009. [3]
At the time of The Outfit ' s release, Cooke said "I can see [Parker] being a part of what I do for a long time," beyond IDW's four planned books. [4] Cooke completed the eight-year contract for the Parker series' four titles in only four years, which led to Cooke anticipating at least one future project, Butcher's Moon, that was ultimately ...
The book details fictionalized stories from his childhood. Work began on the novel, after initially writing and releasing short stories in Playboy magazine and broadcasting other stories on radio productions. Released in October 1966, and published by Doubleday and Broadway Books, the release earned a spot on The New York Times' Best Seller list.
The War for Rynn's World by Steve Parker and Mike Lee (this omnibus includes the novel Rynn's World, the novella Traitor's Gorge, and short stories) (August 2014) War of the Fang by Chris Wraight (this omnibus includes the novel Battle of the Fang and the novella Hunt for Magnus ) (January 2015)
Released September 9, 2014, Exo continues the series after Impulse and mainly follows Cent. The 2008 novel Jumper: Griffin's Story tells the tale of another "jumper" character from the film inspired by the novel, and serves as a prequel/spin-off. There is also a video game of the same name, which was released in 2008. Both titles take place in ...