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Robert Crais
Robert Crais
(pronounced to rhyme with 'chase') (born June 20, 1953) 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.
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