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Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010)

Auteur van King Con

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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Werken van Stephen J. Cannell

King Con (1997) 414 exemplaren
The Tin Collectors (2001) 400 exemplaren
The Viking Funeral (2002) 310 exemplaren
Final Victim (1996) 288 exemplaren
Cold Hit (2005) 279 exemplaren
Hollywood Tough (2003) 267 exemplaren
The Plan (1995) 260 exemplaren
Vertical Coffin (2004) 255 exemplaren
White Sister (2001) 248 exemplaren
Three Shirt Deal (2008) 229 exemplaren
Onder de vleugels van de draak (1998) 220 exemplaren
On the Grind (2009) 208 exemplaren
The Pallbearers (2010) 189 exemplaren
Vigilante (2011) 187 exemplaren
The Devil's Workshop (2009) 182 exemplaren
Runaway Heart (2003) 178 exemplaren
The Prostitute's Ball (2010) 175 exemplaren
At First Sight (2008) 155 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season One (2005) 51 exemplaren
The Greatest American Hero: The Complete First Season (2010) — Creator — 40 exemplaren
The A-Team: The Complete Second Season (2005) — Creator — 30 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season Five (2006) 27 exemplaren
No Chance (2007) 23 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season Four (2007) 16 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season Two (2016) 12 exemplaren
21 Jump Street: The Complete Series [1987 TV series] (2010) — Creator — 11 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season Three (2007) 10 exemplaren
Den stora blåsningen (1999) 4 exemplaren
The Rockford Files: Season Six (2009) 4 exemplaren
Silk Stalkings: Season one (2010) 3 exemplaren
Shane Scully Double Pack (2004) 3 exemplaren
King Con 18 Copy Display B (1997) 3 exemplaren
Prime Time Crime: The Stephen J. Cannell Collection (2010) — Producer — 2 exemplaren
I collezionisti di destini (2012) 2 exemplaren
Header King Con (2007) 1 exemplaar
On the Grind 1 exemplaar
King Con 27 Copy Display B (2007) 1 exemplaar
Wiseguy--Season 1 1 exemplaar
The Tin Collecotrs 1 exemplaar
The Contract (2005) 1 exemplaar
The A-Team Activity Book. (1983) 1 exemplaar
Unsub 1 exemplaar

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BooksInMirror | 3 andere besprekingen | Feb 19, 2024 |
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."… (meer)
 
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morrisonhimself | 5 andere besprekingen | Aug 27, 2023 |
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.
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morrisonhimself | 3 andere besprekingen | Aug 26, 2023 |
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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Werken
73
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2
Leden
4,918
Populariteit
#5,105
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
115
ISBNs
315
Talen
10
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