Birth Name:

Donald E. Westlake

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jul 12, 1933

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Age:

91

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Can

49'

About Donald E. Westlake

Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) 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, hardboiled Parker (published under the pen name Richard Stark), and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official webpage

• Donald E. Westlake at IMDb

• Works by Donald E. Westlake at Project Gutenberg

• Works by or about Donald E. Westlake at Internet Archive

• Works by Donald E. Westlake at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

• FantasticFiction: Comprehensive bibliography

• DBratman.net: Annotated booklist

• Web site devoted to the Parker novels written as Richard Stark

• "A Storyteller Who Got the Details Right". Annotated bibliography by Ethan Iverson

• Blog examining each of Westlake's novels in detail--still ongoing

• An interview with Donald Westlake

• "Donald E. Westlake, Mystery Writer, Is Dead at 75", The New York Times, January 1, 2009

• AP Obituary in The New York Times

• Nackles Story

• "Donald Westlake Memorium" on YouTube Westlake talking about his work and life.

• Donald Westlake / Stark bibliography at HARD-BOILED site (Comprehensive Bibliographies by Vladimir)

• University of Chicago Interview 2008, upon republication of three of the Richard Stark "Parker" novels.

• "Donald Westlake: New York City Personified" on YouTube What if NYC were a character in a mystery novel?

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Donald E. Westlake

Astrological portrait of Donald E. Westlake

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Donald E. Westlake's relationships

Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Donald E. Westlake: Sun 19 Cancer, Moon 28 Pisces, Mercury 12 Leo, Venus 11 Leo, Mars 3 Libra, Jupiter 18 Virgo, Saturn 14 Aquarius, Uranus 27 Aries, Neptune 8 Virgo, Pluto 22 Cancer, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Opposition Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Venus Opposition Saturn, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Donald E. Westlake: 20th-century American novelists, 21st-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state), July 12 births, Writers from Brooklyn, 2008 deaths, 20th-century American male writers, American male novelists, 21st-century American male writers, Anthony Award winners, Edgar Award winners, United States Air Force airmen, American crime fiction writers, Shamus Award winners, Binghamton University alumni, American erotica writers, 1933 births, AC with 26 elements

Photo attribution: Bernard Gotfryd, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020734116/