In Pursuit of Spenser Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero

"In Pursuit of Spenser" offers a look at author Robert B. Parker and his beloved character Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. Editor Penzler collects some of today's bestselling mystery authors to discuss Parker and his impact.

Otto Penzler, who graduated from the University of Michigan, wrote 101 Greatest Movies of Mystery and Suspense (2000). For the New York Sun, he wrote The Crime Scene, a popular weekly mystery fiction column that ran for several years. He has worked with several outstanding authors including Elmore Leonard, Nelson DeMille, Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Grafton, Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, and Thomas H. Cook. Located in Tribeca, The Mysterious Bookshop is one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in America.