This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The University of Chicago Press thinks that once readers try Richard ...

Shifting from my usual Slog-role as sportswriter and Illinois/Chicago correspondent, I'd like to second Paul Constant's recommendation yesterday in Slog of Richard Stark's Parker novels (not to be ...

Books Better Read Than Dead: Crime Novels of the 1960s A two-volume collection packs in thrillers from Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes, Richard Stark and others.

A fter Stephen King published "Carrie" in 1973, Brian De Palma's eponymous adaptation brought it to life to stark, harrowing effect. Although King had already amassed a following by then, De Palma ...

Richard O. Stark, age 75, passed away on February 8, 2025, three short weeks after his wife passed and a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was born January 30, 1950 in Sun Prairie to the ...

"Firebreak" (Mysterious Press, 297 pages, $23.95) is the latest in the stunningly successful series of books written by Westlake under the pen name Richard Stark about a thief named Parker ...

Richard Stark is the director of Financial Performance Management Solutions at Actuate Corporation. He is responsible for shaping product direction and market strategy. For 20 years, Stark has been a ...

Richard Stark is the director of Financial Performance Management Solutions at Actuate Corporation. He is responsible for shaping product direction and market strategy. For 20 years, Stark has been a ...

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter Adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke IDW, 144 pp. In the Indy‘s look at the best books from 2008, I named the University of Chicago Press’ reissues of ...

Richard Stark is the director of Financial Performance Management Solutions at Actuate Corporation. He is responsible for shaping product direction and market strategy. For 20 years, Stark has ...