Brian Garfield

Brian Garfield
BornBrian Francis Wynne Garfield
(1939-01-26)January 26, 1939[1]
New York City, U.S.[1][2]
DiedDecember 29, 2018(2018-12-29) (aged 79)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
Notable worksDeath Wish, Hopscotch
Notable awards1976 Edgar Award for Best Novel

Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (January 26, 1939 – December 29, 2018) was an Edgar Award-winning American novelist, historian and screenwriter. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, he wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen.[3] Garfield went on to author more than seventy books across a variety of genres, selling more than twenty million copies worldwide.[4] Nineteen were made into films or TV shows. He is best known for Death Wish (1972), which launched a lucrative franchise when it was adapted into the 1974 film of the same title.

  1. ^ a b Kaser, James A. (2011). The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461672586.
  2. ^ Drew, Bernard A. (2009). Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters. McFarland. ISBN 9780786457212.
  3. ^ Garfield, Brian. "Biography". Briangarfield.net. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Brian Garfield, Author of 'Death Wish,' Dies at 79". The Hollywood Reporter. January 3, 2019.