Robert Grossbach

Robert Grossbach
Born1941 (age 83–84)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • engineer
NationalityAmerican

Robert Grossbach (born 1941) is an American writer and engineer.[1][2] He has written four novels, including Easy and Hard Ways Out. He has also penned many novelizations, mostly of Neil Simon screenplays.[3]

The 1984 movie Best Defense, starring Dudley Moore, is loosely based on Easy and Hard Ways Out. Robert Altman considered directing an adaptation of the novel in 1976, from a screenplay by Alan Rudolph.[4] The director and screenwriter also tried to film an adaptation of A Shortage of Engineers, in 2002, before Altman moved on to The Company.[5]

Grossbach's novels have received strong reviews.[6][7][8][9] The New York Times wrote that "as a stylist, Grossbach is in a league with Wallace Markfield, Mordecai Richter and Bruce Jay Friedman."[10]

He has contributed short stories to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Transatlantic Review.[11][12] Grossbach has taught at NYU and UCLA Extension.[13]

Novels

  • Someone Great (1971)
  • Easy and Hard Ways Out (1974)
  • Never Say Die: An Autonecrographical Novel (1979)
  • A Shortage of Engineers (2001)

Novelizations

  • The Cheap Detective (1978)
  • The Goodbye Girl (1978)
  • "...And Justice for All" (1979)
  • California Suite (1979)
  • The Frisco Kid (1979)
  • Going in Style (1979)[14]
  • Chapter Two (1980)
  • The Devil and Max Devlin (1980)
  • Four Friends (1981)
  • Georgia (1982)

References

  1. ^ "Fiction Book Review: A SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS by Robert Grossbach, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-27554-9". PublishersWeekly.com.
  2. ^ "Love Story: A mom's set-up leads to lasting love". Newsday.
  3. ^ "Robert Grossbach". www.librarything.com.
  4. ^ Altman, Robert (August 3, 2000). Robert Altman: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578061877 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Fleming, Michael (January 17, 2002). "Amped up for 'Voltage'".
  6. ^ Levin, Martin (October 31, 1971). "Reader's Report". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "EASY AND HARD WAYS OUT by Robert Grossbach | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  8. ^ "Fiction Book Review: A SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS by Robert Grossbach, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-27554-9".
  9. ^ "NEVER SAY DIE by Robert Grossbach | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  10. ^ Levin, Martin (January 26, 1975). "New & Novel". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "Interview: Robert Grossbach on "Driverless" : The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction".
  12. ^ Grossbach, Robert (1971). "STANDARDS". The Transatlantic Review (40): 144–150. JSTOR 41513150.
  13. ^ Moran, T. (July 9, 2009). "The work of writing: Lessons from literary engineers". 2009 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1109/IPCC.2009.5208699. ISBN 978-1-4244-4357-4. S2CID 36180136 – via IEEE Xplore.
  14. ^ Going in Style. June 27, 2017 – via www.hachettebookgroup.com.


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