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Occupation
  
Nationality
  
United States


Name
  
Robert Randisi

Role
  
Author

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Pen name
  
He has used more than 15.

Notable awards
  
Life Achievement Award from the Southwestern Mystery Convention

Awards
  
THE EYE – Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations
  
Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback

Books
  
Everybody Kills Somebod, First Cases, The Picasso Flop, The ghost with blue eyes, The ham reporter

Robert j randisi 2013 readwest president s award winner


Robert J. Randisi (born 1951) is an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."

He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.

He has co-written several mystery novels with soap opera actress Eileen Davidson: Death in Daytime (2008), Dial Emmy for Murder (2009), Diva Las Vegas (2010), and Swinging in the Rain (2011)

Notable characters appearing in some of his novels include "Miles Jacoby," "Joe Keough," "Nick Delvecchio," "Gil and Claire Hunt," Truxton Lerwis," "Eddie G." and "The Rat Pack."

References

Robert J. Randisi Wikipedia


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