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Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time , he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages.
Harold Robbins has 235 books on Goodreads with 72041 ratings. Harold Robbins’s most popular book is The Carpetbaggers.
Jul 3, 2019 · Seventeen years after his death, THR flips back the pages on Harold Robbins, the world’s most successful trashy book author — and one of the most debauched party-givers Hollywood has ever seen:...
Harold Robbins was an American author credited with popularizing a prurient style of mass-market fiction that traded on the public appetite for tales of profligate Hollywood stars and glamorous criminals.
Oct 15, 1997 · Harold Robbins, a writer whose formula of sex, money and power made him one of the best-selling authors of his day, died yesterday at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif.
5 days ago · Check out the 10 best books by Harold Robbins for a racy historical read. Each will keep you turning pages until the thrilling and often compelling conclusion. When thinking about the best historical fiction authors, a writer known for his sensual scenes may not be the first that comes to mind.
Oct 14, 1997 · Born as Harold Rubin in New York City, he later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys home. In reality he was the son of well-educated Russian and Polish immigrants.
Oct 15, 2007 · Here is a specimen of Harold Robbins’s infamous prose style, beloved by any teenager who ever had a copy of “The Carpetbaggers” and a flashlight: “Little did she realize that, while the...
Oct 21, 2007 · So, duly making the beast with two hardbacks, Andrew Wilson — author of a well-regarded, as they say, life of Patricia Highsmith — has given us “Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex.”
Writer and novelist. Worked as a grocery clerk, cook, cashier, errand boy, and bookies' runner, 1927-31; worked in food factoring business during 1930s; worked in the wholesale sugar trade; Universal Pictures, New York, NY, shipping clerk in warehouse, 1940-41, executive director of budget and planning, 1942-57. WRITINGS: NOVELS.
