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Fish, Robert L., 1912-1981

LC control no.n 79058374
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3556.I79
Personal name headingFish, Robert L., 1912-1981
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See alsoPike, Robert L., 1912-1981
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LocatedRio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Birth date1912-08-21
Death date1981-02-23
Place of birthCleveland (Ohio)
Place of deathTrumbull (Conn.)
Field of activityDetective and mystery stories
Profession or occupationEngineers Authors
Special notePseudonyms not found on published works: Lamprey, A. C.; Roberts, Lawrence
Cannot identify with: [Lawrence Roberts, The break-in, 1974]
Found inHis The fugitive, 1962.
Pseuds. and nicknames dict., c1987 (Fish, Robert L., 1912-1981; American author; pseuds.: Lamprey, A. C.; Pike, Robert L.; Roberts, Lawrence)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-27 (b. 1912)
BL auth. file, 21 December 2012 (hdg.: Fish, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1912-)
Wikipedia, 1 Sept. 2020 (Robert L. Fish; Robert Lloyd Fish; b. 21 Aug. 1912 in Cleveland, OH; d. 23 Feb. 1981 in Trumbull, CT; American writer of crime fiction; degree in engineering from Case School of Applied Science 1933; had a successful career in engineering management and consultancy; lived and worked in Rio de Janeiro; wrote short story for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1960, debut novel in 1962 won him the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel from the Mystery Writers of America; also wrote under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike)
Associated languageeng