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Robert Crais

Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 20, 1953 (72 years)
Robert Crais 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. 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.

Known For

  • Hostage
  • Quincy, M.E.
  • Miami Vice
  • Baretta
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • JAG
  • Earth 2
  • Cross Fire
  • The Twilight Zone (1985)
  • The Equalizer
  • L.A. Law
  • In Self Defense

Filmography

2005
Hostage · as Novel
1995
JAG (TV Series)
1994
Earth 2 (TV Series)
1989
Cross of Fire (TV Series)
1986
L.A. Law (TV Series)
1985
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series)
1984
Miami Vice (TV Series)
1982
The Mississippi (TV Series)
1982
Cassie & Co. (TV Series)
1981
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)
1975
Baretta (TV Series)

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