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|birth_name=Brian Francis Wynne Garfield | |birth_name=Brian Francis Wynne Garfield | ||
|nationality=American | |nationality=American | ||
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| + | '''Brian Francis Wynne Garfield''' was an American novelist, historian and screenwriter. A [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist, he wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen.<ref name=biog>http://www.briangarfield.net/ </ref> Garfield went on to author more than seventy books across a variety of genres, selling more than twenty million copies worldwide.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brian-garfield-dead-author-death-wish-was-79-1172936/</ref> Nineteen were made into films or TV shows. He is best known for ''[[Death Wish]]'' (1972), which launched a lucrative franchise when it was adapted into the 1974 film of the same title. | ||
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| + | In 1970, Garfield was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for ''The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians''. His last book, published in 2007, was a critical biography of the controversial British intelligence officer [[Richard Meinertzhagen]].<ref>https://www.briangarfield.net/works.htm</ref> | ||
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| Born | Brian Francis Wynne Garfield January 26, 1939 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | December 29, 2018 (Age 79) |
| Nationality | American |
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Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was an American novelist, historian and screenwriter. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, he wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen.[1] Garfield went on to author more than seventy books across a variety of genres, selling more than twenty million copies worldwide.[2] Nineteen were made into films or TV shows. He is best known for Death Wish (1972), which launched a lucrative franchise when it was adapted into the 1974 film of the same title.
In 1970, Garfield was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History for The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians. His last book, published in 2007, was a critical biography of the controversial British intelligence officer Richard Meinertzhagen.[3]
