Roderick Thorp

Roderick Thorp ( Roderick Mayne Thorp Junior, born September 1, 1936 in New York; † 28 April 1999 in Oxnard ) was an American writer. He wrote detective novels, including the novel templates for the films The detective and Die Hard.

Life

He studied at the City College of New York, which awarded him for his short stories Awards, and where in 1957 he graduated. He first worked as a car salesman at a men's outfitter, for insurance, and founded a catering company. As a young man he worked as an agent for the detective of his father.

After his moderately successful debut Into the Forest 1961 Tenacious was a bestseller in 1966. When Obstinate it comes to the mellow policemen Joe Leland. The fabric was made ​​into a film in 1968 by Gordon Douglas with Frank Sinatra in the lead role as the detective. His third novel, Dionysus (1969 ), tells the story of a black man who is in love with a white woman, and thereby emerging aversions.

In 1971, he led, together with Robert Blake interviews with students, they published as The Music of Their Laughter. This is a picture of an alienated and freedom- seeking generation is emerging. With Blake, he wrote in the same year, the Crime Wives.

From 1971 to 1976 he was a lecturer in literature at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah. He then moved to California and gave lectures there in creative writing. The figure of Joe Leland from Tenacious resurfaced in 1979 in Die slowly. The film version of 1988 ( Written by: Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza ) makes the Leland Bruce Willis played John McClane. About the Internet supervised Thorp aspiring writers. He also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines. Roderick Thorp was married and had two sons.

Works

  • Into the Forest (1961 )
  • Stubbornly ( The Detective, 1966)
  • Dionysus (1969 )
  • Robert Blake ( ed.): The Music of Their Laughter (1971 )
  • Wives ( 1971 with Robert Blake )
  • Slaves
  • Circle of Love ( 1974)
  • Westfield (1977 )
  • Die Hard ( Nothing Lasts Forever 1979)
  • Jenny and Barnum: A Novel of Love ( 1981)
  • Rainbow Drive (1986 )
  • Devlin
  • River: A Novel of the Green River Killings (1995 )
April 28 Oxnard, California Gordon Douglas (director) Mahwah, New Jersey Jeb Stuart (writer)
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