Richard Martin Stern

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Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in

Edgar Award
for Best First Novel, for The Bright Road to Fear.

He was most notable for his 1973 novel

Warner Brothers bought the rights to the novel shortly after its publication for roughly $400,000, and Stern's book, in combination with the novel The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, was the basis for the movie The Towering Inferno, produced by Irwin Allen and directed by John Guillermin
and featuring an all-star cast. The film, shot with a $14 million budget, earned more than $100 million at the American box office.

Stern was known mainly for his mysteries and disaster-related suspense. He died on October 31, 2001, after prolonged illness. He was 86.[1]

Bibliography

Johnny Ortiz Mysteries
  1. Murder in the Walls (1971)
  2. You Don't Need an Enemy (1972)
  3. Death in the Snow (1973)
  4. Tangled Murders (1989)
  5. Missing Man (1990)
  6. Interloper (1990)
Standalone novels
  • The Bright Road to Fear (1958)
  • Suspense: Four Short Novels (1959)
  • The Search for Tabitha Carr (1960)
  • These Unlikely Deeds (1961)
  • High Hazard (1962)
  • Cry Havoc (1963)
  • Right Hand Opposite (1964)
  • I Hide, We Seek (1965)
  • The Kessler Legacy (1967)
  • Merry Go Round (1969)
  • Brood of Eagles (1969)
  • Manuscript for Murder (1970)
  • Stanfield Harvest (1972)
  • The Tower (1973) (one of two books used to create the film The Towering Inferno)
  • Power (1974)
  • Snowbound Six (1977)
  • Flood (1979)
  • The Big Bridge (1982)
  • Wildfire (1985)
  • Tsunami (1988)

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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