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- Birth nameRobert Lloyd Fish
- Robert L. Fish was born on August 21, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Bullitt (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969) and Tales of the Unexpected (1979). He was married to Marnie Kates. He died on February 23, 1981 in Trumbell, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseMarnie Kates(1935 - ?) (2 children)
- An engineer who worked in major companies including Firestone Tire and Rubber, Fish submitted his first story to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine at the age of 48. He won a total of three Edgar Allan Poe awards from the Mystery Writers of America and served as the organization's president in 1976. He had open-heart surgery in 1971 but continued writing at his home in Connecticut. On February 23, 1981, he was found dead in his study, pen in hand.
- American author of police novels. Robert L. Pike is the pseudonym of Robert L. Fish; a pike is a kind of fish. He also writes as A.C. Lamprey and Lawrence Roberts.
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