If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.

Burke and Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. In addition to Parker's introduction excerpts from several of the Spenser novels were included.

Robert Brown Parker (September 17 1932 – January 18 2010) was an American crime writer. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced.