Donald E. Westlake
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Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer with over a hundred books and non-fiction books to his credit.
He specialized in crime fiction, particularly comic capers, with occasional forays into science fiction and other genres.
Westlake is perhaps best remembered for two professional criminal characters who appeared in a long line: Richard Stark's relentless, hard-boiled Parker (published under the pen name Richard Stark) and John Dortmunder's more amusing tale. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, and he appeared in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters) was one of few writers to win Edgars in three different categories.
The Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master in 1993, the highest award bestowed by the academy.
Personal life
Westlake, the son of Lillian (Bounds) and Albert Joseph Westlake, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Albany, New York.
Westlake wrote often in his youth, and his first short story selling was in 1954, after 200 rejections. Although Westlake attended Champlain College (a now defunct college established in the post WWII GI Bill boom) of Plattsburgh, New York, and Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, New York, no serial short story sales followed over the next few years, his nexus was a result of the Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, New York. He served in the United States Air Force for two years.
Westlake began in 1959 and went to New York City to work in a literary company while writing on the side. He was writing full-time by 1960. Westlake's first book under his own name, The Mercenaries, was published in 1960; over the next 48 years, he published a number of novels and short stories under his own name as well as a number of pseudonyms.
Abigail Westlake (also known as Abby Adams Westlake and Abby Adams), a writer of nonfiction, was married three times, including Abby Adams Westlake and The Gardener's Gripe Book). In 1990, the couple moved from New York City to Ancram in upstate New York.
Westlake died of a heart attack on December 31, 2008, while his wife and his family were in Mexico on vacation.