Robert Crais is an American author of
detective fiction. Crais began his
career writing scripts for television
shows such as Hill Street Blues, Cagney
& Lacey, Quincy, Miami Vice and L.A.
Law. His writing is influenced by
Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett,
Ernest Hemingway, Robert B. Parker and
John Steinbeck. Crais has won numerous
awards for his crime novels. [1] Lee
Child has cited him in interviews as one
of his favourite American crime writers.
The novels of Robert Crais have been
published in 62 countries and are
bestsellers around the world. Robert
Crais received the Ross Macdonald
Literary Award in 2006 and was named
Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of
America in 2014.
Biography
Born in Independence, Louisiana, he was
adopted and raised as an only child. He
attended Louisiana State University and
studied mechanical engineering.
Crais moved to Hollywood in 1976 where
he found work as a screenwriter for the
television series Hill Street Blues,
Cagney & Lacey and Miami Vice, and was
nominated for an Emmy award. Following
the death of his father in 1985, Crais
published the novel, The Monkey's
Raincoat, which won the 1988 Anthony
Award for "Best First Novel" and the
1988 Mystery Readers International
Macavity Award for "Best Paperback
Original". It has since been selected as
one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the
Century by the Independent Mystery
Booksellers Association.
In 2006 Crais was awarded the Ross
Macdonald Literary Award and in 2010 the
Private Eye Writers of America's
Lifetime Achievement Award The Eye. In
2014 Crais received the Mystery Writers
of America's Grand Master Award.
Crais novels include: Demolition Angel,
Hostage, Suspect, and The Two-Minute
Rule. All of Crais' books feature the
characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, with
The Watchman, The First Rule and The
Sentry centering on Joe Pike. Taken is a
2012 detective novel by Robert Crais. It
is the fifteenth in a series of linked
novels centering on the character Elvis
Cole. The 2005 film, Hostage, was an
adaptation of one of his books.
Bibliography
= Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels=
= Other novels=
References
External links
Official website
Robert Crais at the Internet Movie
Database
