Robert Lindsey (journalist)
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Born | Robert Hughes Lindsey January 4, 1935 Edgar Allan Poe Award CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |
Robert Lindsey (born January 4, 1935) is a journalist and author of several true crime books,[1] including The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage (1979) and A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit (1988).
Background
Lindsey was born in
Writing
The Falcon and the Snowman
In 1977, Lindsey began chronicling the story of
A Gathering of Saints
Lindsey's third non-fiction book was A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit released in 1988. The book tells the story of a series of incidents involving document forger
Other works
Marlon Brando and Ronald Reagan utilized Lindsey as a ghostwriter in writing their memoirs; respectively, Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me, and Ronald Reagan: An American Life.[3] Lindsey's own memoir, Ghost Scribbler, was published in 2012.
Books
- The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage, Robert Lindsey (Simon & Schuster; 1979) ISBN 0-671-24560-0
- The Flight of the Falcon, Robert Lindsey (Simon & Schuster; 1983) ISBN 0-671-45159-6
- A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit, Robert Lindsey (Simon & Schuster; 1988) ISBN 0-671-65112-9
- ISBN 1-451-62073-X
- Irresistible Impulse: A True Story of Blood and Money, Robert Lindsey (Simon & Schuster; 1992) ISBN 0-671-68069-2
- Songs My Mother Taught Me, Marlon Brando (with Robert Lindsey) (Random House; 1994) ISBN 0-679-41013-9
- Ghost Scribbler: Searching for Reagan, Brando and the King of Pop, Robert Lindsey (CreateSpace; 2012) ISBN 1-481-20119-0
References
- ^ Katzenbach, John (9 October 1988). "Crime/Mystery; Doubting the Prophet". The New York Times. p. 28. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage, p. 355-356, at Google Books
- OCLC 40180750.