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Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He met the future Joan H. Parker when both were three, but they began dating at Colby College and married in 1956; they have two sons, David and Daniel. Robert Parker received a Ph. D. in English literatureThe term English literature can mean: Literature from England written in the modern English language or its antecedents (such as Middle or Old English). The rest of this article discusses this category. Literature composed primarily in the English languag from Boston UniversityBoston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1839 in Vermont as a Methodist seminary, then transferred to New Hampshire in 1847, and finally moved to Boston in 1867. The university, with over in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua, with a dissertation on the private-eye heroes of Dashiell HammettSamuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 January 10, 1961) was an American author of " hard-boiled" detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade The Maltese Falcon , Nick and Nora Charles The Thin Man , and the, Raymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 March 26, 1959) was an American author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has been immense, particularly in the writing style and attitudes that much of the field has adopted over t, and Ross MacDonaldThis article is about the Canadian sailor; for the mystery writer, see Ross Macdonald. Ross MacDonald (born January 24, 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian sailor. He began sailing at the age of 11. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer. He worked in technical writing and advertising and then in academia, eventually becoming a full professor at Northeastern UniversityThis article is about the American institution. For the Chinese institution of the same name, see Northeastern University (Liaoning). Northeastern University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. Its athletic mascot is the Husky. It is located, and became a full-time writer in 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.. He and his wife separated in 1982 but reconciled in 1984, first living separately and since 1986 living on different floors of a house in Cambridge.

Parallels between Parker's life and his fiction are easy to find. His first literary collaboration with his wife, Three Weeks in Spring, is based on her first bout with breast cancer. Spenser's separation from and reconciliation with his girlfriend mirror the Parkers' marriage. Spenser's surrogate son, Paul Giacomin, is a dancer and choreographer like David Parker. Both David and Daniel Parker are gay, a situation that may be reflected in several sympathetic gay characters in Parker's fiction. In fact Daniel Parker, an actor, has played two of those characters (Spike and Detective Lee Farrell) in television films of his father's novels.