Bob's bestselling Western novel Appaloosa was made into a major motion picture by New Line, starred Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, and was a box office hit in 2008.
He also launched two other bestselling series featuring, respectively, Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone and Boston private detective Sunny Randall. Two years later, the first Spenser novel, The Godwulf Manuscript, appeared.īob was renowned for his Spenser novels, featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye, which earned him a devoted following and reams of critical acclaim. He was one of four authors of an anthology textbook, The Personal Response to Literature, published in 1971. The plan worked, and as a teacher at Northeastern University, Bob found the time to write. Fortunately for the family, Joan had a job in education that paid well. While going to school, he held down as many as five college teaching jobs at once, often took care of his sons, and did odd jobs for a consulting company.
The plan was to earn a doctorate, get a job teaching, and have the time to start writing seriously. Unable to take any more of corporate America, and with no interest in advertising, Bob returned to school. He next worked as editor of a magazine for Prudential insurance agents and freelanced as a partner in Parker/Farman, the "world's smallest advertising agency." Bob was hired as a technical writer first for Raytheon and then for Curtiss-Wright, which soon laid him off. He always wanted to be a writer, but he needed a steady income to support his young wife and, later, his sons. Army sent him to Korea as a Morse code radio operator. Bob's talent for rhythm was first put to work when the U.S. There are other factoids about him that are less well known. at Boston University, taught at Northeastern University, and wrote nearly seventy books. Born and raised in Massachusetts, graduated from Colby College in Maine, married Joan Hall, had two sons, earned his Ph.D. Parker's résumé is familiar to most of his readers.
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