Robert Parker, bestselling and award-winning author of the Spenser mystery series (among others), has died at the age of 77. Parker wrote the first of his 37 Spenser novels in 1971, all featuring his street smart, tough investigator who would inspire the 1980s television series Spenser: For Hire. In 2002, he was named Grand Master at the Edgar awards by the Mystery Writers of America, and has sold more than four million copies of his books around the world.
"I read Parker's Spenser series in college," crime writer Harlan Coben said in 2007 in an interview with the Atlantic Monthly. "When it comes to detective novels, 90% of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it."
For a complete list of his books in series order, see the Kent District Library's What's Next page.
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