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Dec 31, 2008 · Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was one of the most prolific and talented authors of American crime fiction. He began his career in the late 1950's, churning out novels for pulp houses—often writing as many as four novels a year under various pseudonyms such as Richard Stark —but soon began publishing under his own name.
Jan 2, 2009 · Donald E. Westlake, a prolific, award-winning mystery novelist who pounded out more than 100 books and 5 screenplays on manual typewriters during a career of nearly 50 years, died on...
I was born Donald Edwin Westlake on July 12th, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. My mother, Lillian, maiden name Bounds, mother’s maiden name Fitzgerald, was all Irish. My father, Albert, his mother’s maiden name being Tyrrell, was half Irish. (The English snuck in, as they will.)
Donald E. Westlake has 402 books on Goodreads with 125029 ratings. Donald E. Westlake’s most popular book is The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1).
Jan 2, 2009 · Donald E. Westlake, a prolific mystery writer who won three Edgar Awards and an Academy Award nomination for screenplay adaptation in a career spanning five decades, has died. He was 75.
A one-man crime wave of some 48 years came to an end Dec. 31 with the passing of Donald E. Westlake, 75, who (under his own name and as Richard Stark) wrote some of the best-loved and most...
Interview with Donald Westlake, author of the Parker novels. “Whatever Stark writes, I read. He’s a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude.”—Elmore Leonard. “Richard Stark’s Parker novels … are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time.”—John Banville, Bookforum ”—.
