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Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915 in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, for The Bright Road to Fear.

He was most notable for his 1973 novel The Tower, in which a fire engulfs a new metal-and-glass frame skyrise. Stern was inspired to write the novel by the construction of the World Trade Center in New York City. Warner Brothers bought the rights to the novel shortly after its publication for roughly $400,000, and Stern's book, in combination with the novel The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, was the basis for the movie The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen and John Guillermin and featuring an all-star cast. With an fourteen million dollar budget, the film went on to earn over a hundred million at the American box office.

Stern was known for his "brainy, digressive," novels, mainly mysteries and disaster-related suspense. He died on October 31, 2001 after prolonged illness. He was 86.

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Den døde i sneen

Et mystisk mord sætter gang i begivenhederne i spændingsromanen "Den døde i sneen". Johnny Ortiz bliver sat på sagen, og han kan med det samme se, at der er noget, som ikke helt stemmer. Så finder et nyt mord sted, og Ortiz begynder langsomt at kunne lægge brikkerne sammen – men det er en kamp mod tiden, hvis han skal kunne se det fulde billede, før begivenhederne eskalerer.

Richard Martin Stern (1915-2001) var en amerikansk forfatter, der indledte sin forfatterkarriere med at skrive spændingsbøger om privatdetektiver, og netop spændings- og mysteriegenren var den, som han blev særligt kendt for. Sterns mest berømte værk var hans roman fra 1973, "The Tower". Bogen var inspireret af konstruktionen af World Trade Center og var året efter en af inspirationskilderne til filmen "The Towering Inferno" (dansk titel: "Det tårnhøje helvede"). Stern fik sin litterære debut i 1958 med romanen "The Bright Road to Fear", som han også vandt en Edgar Award for i 1959.
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Publish date09 Feb 2018
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ISBN epub9788711679487