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| 3 | Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American author and screenwriter who wrote under his own name and also the PenName of Richard Stark. |
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| 5 | The author of more than a hundred novels over a sixty year career, Westlake was famous for his crime novels of multiple emotional ranges. He wrote about StupidCrooks comedy stories, HardBoiledDetective tales, ConspiracyThriller stories of both dark and light natures, books about sociopathic murderers from the POV of the murderers, and quite a bit in between. |
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| 7 | !!Novels with their own pages: |
| 8 | [[index]] |
| 9 | * The ''Literature/{{Parker}}'' Series |
| 10 | * ''Literature/DancingAztecs'' |
| 11 | * The ''Literature/SamHolt'' series |
| 12 | * ''Literature/HelpIAmBeingHeldPrisoner'' |
| 13 | * ''Literature/ForeverAndADeath'' (based off of an unproduced ''Franchise/JamesBond'' screenplay Westlake wrote) |
| 14 | * ''Literature/SomebodyOwesMeMoney'' |
| 15 | * The ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'' series |
| 16 | * The ''Literature/MitchTobin'' series |
| 17 | * ''Literature/TheCutie'' |
| 18 | * ''Literature/{{Smoke}}'' |
| 19 | * ''Literature/BrothersKeepers'' |
| 20 | * ''Literature/KillingTime'' |
| 21 | * ''Literature/SacredMonster'' |
| 22 | [[/index]] |
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| 24 | !!Screenplays: |
| 25 | * ''Film/TheStepfather'' |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheGrifters'' |
| 27 | * ''Film/RipleyUnderground'' |
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| 29 | !!Films adapted from his works: |
| 30 | * ''Film/PointBlank1967'' from (''The Hunter'') |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Payback}}'' (also from ''The Hunter'') |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheAxe'' (from ''The Ax'') |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Parker}}'' (from ''Flashfire'') |
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