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Donald E. Westlake
Sign in to saveAlso known as John B. Allan, Judson Jack Carmichael, Curt Clark, Timothy J. Culver, J. Morgan Cunningham, Richard Stark, Edwin West, Tucker Coe
American novelist (1933-2008)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- July 12, 1933
- Died
- December 31, 2008
- Works
- 162
Top works
- The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime
- The Sour Lemon Score
- Sour Lemon Score
- Crime Novels : Five Classic Thrillers 1961-1964
- Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only two writers (the other is Joe Gores) to…
Known for
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane — Self1998
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972-10
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33
- Total plays
- 294
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Mexico
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Educated at
- Binghamton University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Shamus Award
- Notable work
- The Grifters
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Official website
- www.donaldwestlake.com
- Image
- Donald Westlake.jpg
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- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- date of birth
- 1933-00-00
- date of death
- 2008-12-31
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Donald E. Westlake
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- pseudonym
- Richard Stark
- birth name
- Donald Edwin Westlake
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