Donald E. Westlake Quotes


When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.


Citations

Westlake, Donald E. The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany. Edited by Levi Stahl, University of Chicago Press, 2014.

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Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake
  • Born: July 12, 1933
  • Died: December 31, 2008
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake is perhaps best-remembered for creating two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, hard-boiled Parker (published under the pen name Richard Stark), and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.