Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010)
Autor de King Con
Sobre El Autor
Stephen J. Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1941. He was dyslexic and struggled through school. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he drove a truck for his father's home-decorating business and wrote TV scripts at night and on the weekends. His first writing mostrar más successes were story ideas sold to Mission Impossible. Four years later, he sold a script for It Takes a Thief. In 1966 a script he submitted for Adam 12 so impressed the producers at Universal that they offered him the position of head writer. At Universal he wrote and helped create several TV shows including The Rockford Files, Baretta, and Baa Baa Black Sheep. He started his own production company in 1979, generating The A-Team, Riptide, Hunter, and 21 Jump Street. Other credits include Wiseguy, Renegade, and Silk Stalkings. He has scripted over 1,500 TV episodes and created or co-created over 40 programs. His first novel, The Plan, was published in 1995. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 novels including Final Victim, King Con, and the Shane Scully series. He died of complications associated with melanoma on September 30, 2010 at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Stephen J. Cannell
21 Jump Street: The Complete Fourth Season [1987 TV series] — Creator — 10 copias
Wiseguy--Season 1 1 copia
Renegade: Season One- Volume One 1 copia
On the Grind 1 copia
The Tin Collecotrs 1 copia
Unsub 1 copia
21 Jump Street: 21 Best Episodes 1 copia
Silk Stalkings (Seasons 1-8) 1 copia
The Rockford Files (TV Movies) 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Cannell, Stephen Joseph
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1941-02-05
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2010-09-30
- Lugar de sepultura
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Laguna Beach, California, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educación
- University of Oregon (BS|Journalism|1964)
- Ocupaciones
- screenwriter
producer
actor
novelist - Organizaciones
- Universal Studios
Writers Guild of America
Sigma Chi - Premios y honores
- Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 1994)
Miembros
Reseñas
The Viking Funeral por Stephen J. Cannell
Mystery
Powerful rendering of emotions, dramatic presentation of action, totally believable picture of political corruption (which is almost a redundancy anyway), "The Tin Collectors" is an astonishingly good beginning to a great series.
For anybody who, as I did, begins reading this series in the middle, that is, not with this Number One entry in the Shane Scully series, it might, and, in fact, most likely will, seem confusing. Lots of relationships change.
Yes, best to start with this Number One but even more better is to start. Cannell was one of our greatest story tellers. I strongly recommend "The Tin Collectors."… (más)
For anybody who, as I did, begins reading this series in the middle, that is, not with this Number One entry in the Shane Scully series, it might, and, in fact, most likely will, seem confusing. Lots of relationships change.
Yes, best to start with this Number One but even more better is to start. Cannell was one of our greatest story tellers. I strongly recommend "The Tin Collectors."… (más)
Another great novel of slam-bang action from Stephen J. Cannell, with Shane Scully and his wife and son -- but with a whole new bunch from the movie industry. Ooooops, I mean the film industry.
The crime, especially with all the gang members, is sad and scary, but the bit about Hollywood is often funny, when it isn't being true-to-life ridiculous.
So far, I have not been disappointed in any Cannell book, but this one adds a layer: At the end, thanking the people who help him turn out these great books, he mentions that he is dyslexic.
To me, this adds poignancy, but it also makes me even more admiring.
It also explains some of the unevenness of the writing in some of his books.
I strongly recommend "Hollywood Tough," and every other book from author Cannell.… (más)
The crime, especially with all the gang members, is sad and scary, but the bit about Hollywood is often funny, when it isn't being true-to-life ridiculous.
So far, I have not been disappointed in any Cannell book, but this one adds a layer: At the end, thanking the people who help him turn out these great books, he mentions that he is dyslexic.
To me, this adds poignancy, but it also makes me even more admiring.
It also explains some of the unevenness of the writing in some of his books.
I strongly recommend "Hollywood Tough," and every other book from author Cannell.… (más)
This is another excellent Stephen J. Cannell novel, full of twists and turns and lots of memorable characters -- not, by the way, all especially likable but nearly all likely to stick in your memory. Another that I recommend.
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- Obras
- 74
- También por
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- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #5,057
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 115
- ISBNs
- 315
- Idiomas
- 10
- Favorito
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