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Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages.
Jul 3, 2019 · Seventeen years after his death, THR flips back the pages on Harold Robbins, the world’s most successful trashy book author — and one of the most debauched party-givers Hollywood has ever seen:...
The Carpetbaggers is a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title. The prequel Nevada Smith (1966) was also based on a character in the novel. In the United States, the term "carpetbagger" refers to an outsider relocating to exploit locals. [1]
Harold Robbins was an American author credited with popularizing a prurient style of mass-market fiction that traded on the public appetite for tales of profligate Hollywood stars and glamorous criminals.
Oct 15, 1997 · Harold Robbins, a writer whose formula of sex, money and power made him one of the best-selling authors of his day, died yesterday at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif.
harold robbins (1916–1997) is one of the best-selling american fiction writers of all time, ranking 5th on the world’s best-selling fiction author list just behind william shakespeare and agatha christie.
Harold Robbins (born Harold Rubin; May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author.
Harold Robbins summed up his career best in a 1971 ITV documentary: "I'm the world's best writer--there's nothing more to say". This phenomenally successful author--over 750,000,000 copies of his books were sold worldwide, and most were adapted successfully for the screen.
The Dream Merchants is an American novel written by Harold Robbins and published in 1949. Set in the early 20th century, the book is a "rags-to-riches" story of a penniless young man who goes to Hollywood and builds a great film studio.
Oct 14, 1997 · Born as Harold Rubin in New York City, he later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys home. In reality he was the son of well-educated Russian and Polish immigrants. He was reared by his pharmacist father and stepmother in Brooklyn.
