When Duke Johnson was making the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Anomalisa” with Charlie Kaufman, Kaufman suggested Johnson read “Memory,” a lost Donald Westlake novel that had recently been ...
Award-winning mystery writer Donald Westlake — the author behind bungling burglar John Dortmunder and the dark-souled gun-for-hire Parker — died from a heart attack on Dec. 31 at the age of 75.
A lost novel by Donald Westlake. You’ve probably forgotten—you’ve certainly forgotten—but back in the early 1960s there was a serious American novelist who achieved some small success writing ...
The creator of "Lethal Weapon" and "The Nice Guys" talks to IndieWire about his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of Donald Westlake's "Parker" novels that breathes new life into the crime ...
A theater star loses his identity and has to find a new one in this Kafkaesque Donald Westlake adaptation co-starring Gemma Chan and Joe Cole. Co-directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, 2015’s ...
NEW YORK — Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died. He was 75. Westlake collapsed from an apparent heart ...
In Westlake's diverting 13th John Dortmunder novel (after 2004's Watch Your Back!), the hapless crook gets blackmailed into trying to pull off an impossible heist—stealing a gold chess set originally ...
Prolific author Donald Westlake, with 70 published novels to his credit, has brought back his beloved, doomed thief John Dortmunder for the 10th installment in a series that has redefined the ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died. He was 75.