Robert B. Parker Net Worth

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Robert Brown Parker net worth is
$3 Million

Robert Brown Parker Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. Parker was 77 when he died of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts; discovered at his desk by his wife Joan, he had been working on a novel. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre. 
Full NameRobert Brown Parker
Net Worth$3 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 17, 1932
Died2010-01-18
Place Of BirthSpringfield, Massachusetts, USA
OccupationNovelist
ProfessionWriter, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor
SpouseJoan Hall Parker
NicknamesRobert B. Parker, Parker, Robert B.
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1Sunny Randall was invented at the behest of Helen Hunt, who wanted me to invent someone for her to play in a series of movies. We agreed that I would write a novel. Putnam would publish. Sony would buy it for Helen, and Helen would star. Everything worked fine up to actually making the movie. That is in limbo (nothing ever dies in Hollywood, though the birth rate is also low). Sunny did well and my publisher urged me to continue, so I did.
2Art is a part of our everyday life and to proceed in its pursuit in an everyday way is to stand up to the bastards. You keep on keeping on.
#Fact
1Has never revealed the first name of Spenser, his best-known character. In fact, in only one book--1991's "Stardust"--is Spenser even asked his name by another character.
2In 2002, Parker was awarded the "Edgar" for "Grand Master" by the Mystery Writers of America.
3Won the 1977 Mystery Writer's of America's "Edgar" Award (named after Edgar Allen Poe) for Best Novel of the Year for his 1976 novel, "Promised Land", fourth in the Spenser series.
4Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College (Maine) before joining the army. After completing his service, he returned to college, earning Master's (1962) and Doctoral degrees from Boston University (1971).
5Is a Korean War veteran.
6He was chosen to complete Raymond Chandler's last Phillip Marlowe novel (one of the inspirations for Parker's own fictional private eye, Spenser), "Poodle Springs." Though Chandler left only four chapters when he died in 1959, Parker, to critical acclaim and commercial success, completed the novel, which was published in 1989 (with an initial print run of 200,000).
7Has two sons, Daniel Parker (an actor) and David Parker (a choreographer).
8Helen Hunt requested he create a female private detective for her to play. The result was Parker's series of novels featuring Sunny Randall.
92002: Received the prestigious Connor Award given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honorary brother of the fraternity.
10His character Spenser is modeled after Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe.
11Part of his doctoral thesis was devoted to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald.
12Received his doctorate in American Literature from Boston University, and later taught at Northeastern (also in Boston).

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Untitled Jesse Stone Project2017TV Movie characters announced
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt2012TV Movie based upon characters created in Jesse Stone books
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost2011TV Movie characters
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice2009TV Movie characters
Appaloosa2008novel - as Robert Parker
Jesse Stone: Sea Change2007TV Movie based upon the novel: "Sea Change"
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise2006TV Movie novel
Jesse Stone: Night Passage2006TV Movie novel "Night Passage"
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold2005TV Movie novel
Monte Walsh2003TV Movie teleplay
Walking Shadow2001TV Movie novel / teleplay
Thin Air2000TV Movie book / teleplay
Spenser: Small Vices1999TV Movie novel / teleplay
Poodle Springs1998TV Movie book
Spenser: A Savage Place1995TV Movie novel
Spenser: The Judas Goat1994TV Movie novel
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes1994TV Movie character / written by
Spenser: Ceremony1993TV Movie character / written by
B.L. Stryker1989-1990TV Series written by - 2 episodes
A Man Called HawkTV Series character - 13 episodes, 1989 story - 1 episode, 1989 teleplay - 1 episode, 1989
Spenser: For HireTV Series characters - 64 episodes, 1985 - 1988 teleplay - 2 episodes, 1987 novel "Promised Land" - 1 episode, 1985

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Jesse Stone: No Remorse2010TV Movie based upon characters created in Jesse Stone books: writing credits locked by WGA 1, 1, 1
A Man Called Hawk1989TV Series consultant - 8 episodes
Spenser: For Hire1985-1988TV Series consultant - 58 episodes

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Walking Shadow2001TV MovieJanitor (uncredited)
Thin Air2000TV MovieSleeping Police Officer (uncredited)
Spenser: Small Vices1999TV MovieIves

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Jesse Stone: No Remorse2010TV Movie for: 1932-2010

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Curse of the Bambino2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
E! Mysteries & Scandals2000TV Series documentaryHimself - Novelist

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Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1990EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Television EpisodeB.L. Stryker (1989)

Known for movies

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