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Robert Crais (pronounced to rhyme with 'chase') (born June 20, 1953) 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. ==Biography== Born in Independence, Louisiana, he was adopted and raised as an only child.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-Co-Lh/Crais-Robert.html )〕 He attended Louisiana State University and studied mechanical engineering.〔 Crais moved to Hollywood in 1976 where he found work as a screenwriter for the television series ''Hill Street Blues,'' ''Cagney & Lacey'' and ''Miami Vice,'' and was nominated for an Emmy award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=34th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners )〕 Following the death of his father in 1985, Crais published the novel, ''The Monkey's Raincoat,'' which won the 1988 Anthony Award for "Best First Novel" and the 1988 Mystery Readers International Macavity Award for "Best Paperback Original". It has since been selected as one of the ''100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century'' by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. In 2006 Crais was awarded the Ross Macdonald Literary Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival - Awards )〕 and in 2010 the Private Eye Writers of America's (PWA) Lifetime Achievement Award ''The Eye''. In 2014 Crais received the Mystery Writers of America's (MWA) Grand Master Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MWA Announces 2014 Grand Master and Raven Awards )〕 Crais novels include: ''Demolition Angel,'' ''Hostage,'' ''Suspect'', and ''The Two-Minute Rule.'' All of Crais' books feature the characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, with ''The Watchman'' (2007), ''The First Rule'' (2010) and ''The Sentry'' (2011) centering on Joe Pike. ''Taken'' is a 2012 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the fifteenth in a series of linked novels centering on the character Elvis Cole. The 2005 film, ''Hostage'', was an adaptation of one of his books. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Crais」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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