| 词条 | Robert L. Fish |
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| name = Robert L. Fish | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1912|08|21}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1981|02|23|1912|08|21}} | death_place = Trumbull, Connecticut, United States | occupation = novelist | nationality = American | period = 1948–1981 | genre = Crime fiction, detective fiction | pseudonym = Robert L. Pike, Lawrence Roberts }} Robert Lloyd Fish (August 21, 1912 – February 23, 1981) was an American writer of crime fiction. BiographyEarly lifeFish was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied engineering at Case School of Applied Science, where he graduated in 1933. Thereafter, he had a successful career in engineering management and consultancy,[1] working in several countries that he later used as settings for his stories. Writing careerIn 1960, while working in Rio de Janeiro, where he had lived for the previous decade, Fish submitted his first short story to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He subsequently wrote over 30 novels and numerous short stories. His first novel, The Fugitive, gained him the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel in 1962, and his short story "Moonlight Gardener" was awarded the Edgar for best short story in 1972. His 1963 novel Mute Witness, written under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike, was filmed in 1968 as Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. He also wrote the novel Pursuit (adapted to a television film entitled Twist of Fate), and the Holmes pastiche The Memoirs of Schlock Holmes. In 1963, Fish completed Jack London's unfinished novel The Assassination Bureau, Ltd based on the unfinished manuscript with additional notes by London and an ending outline done by London's wife Charmian shortly before her death in 1955. DeathFish died in February 1981 at his home in Trumbull, Connecticut. Awards
Two other short stories, "Double Entry" (EQMM, January 1969) and "Hijack" (Playboy, August 1972), were nominated for Edgars in the "best short story" category, but did not win the award.[2] LegacyThe Robert L. Fish Memorial Award, sponsored by the author's estate, has been awarded annually since 1984 by the Mystery Writers of America for the best first short story by an American author. References1. ^Vizzier, Anne R, "Robert L. Fish", in {{cite book|last=Rollyson|first=Carl (ed)|title=Critical Survey of Myster and Detective Fiction|year=2008|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-397-1}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Robert L.}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Best Short Story Mystery Edgar Award Winners and Nominees|url=http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/shortstory/|accessdate=3 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219020304/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/shortstory/|archivedate=19 February 2011|df=}} 12 : American mystery writers|20th-century American novelists|Edgar Award winners|1912 births|1981 deaths|Writers from Cleveland|American male novelists|American male short story writers|20th-century American short story writers|People from Trumbull, Connecticut|20th-century American male writers|Novelists from Ohio |
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