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Roderick Thorp was an American novelist who wrote crime fiction, including the bestseller Nothing Lasts Forever, which inspired the Die Hard franchise. He also wrote The Detective, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968.
Roderick Thorp is a thriller and mystery fiction author that was born in the Bronx on September 1936. He attended City College of New York which is where he began writing. It was at this time that he would become the winner of the Theodore Goodman Short Story Award.
Apr 28, 1999 · Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels. As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
May 4, 1999 · Roderick Thorp, a former private investigator whose best-selling crime novels became successful films, was found dead on Wednesday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 62.
Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 thriller novel by Roderick Thorp, a sequel to The Detective. It was adapted into the 1988 film Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis as retired cop John McClane.
Roderick Thorp was a novelist, short-story writer, teacher and private detective. He wrote the books that inspired The Detective (1968) and Die Hard (1988), and taught literature and creative writing at various schools and colleges.
May 2, 1999 · Roderick Thorp, a best-selling author of detective novels probably best known for the books “Die Hard” and “The Detective,” has died. Thorp died Wednesday in Oxnard of a heart attack,...
