Novelist, short-story writer, teacher -- and private detective. He wrote two novels that would be turned into theatrical films, The Detective (1966), which became The Detective (1968); and Nothing Lasts Forever (1979), which became Die Hard (1988). His 1986 novel Rainbow Drive was later produced as a made-for-TV movie. He taught literature and lectured on creative writing at schools and colleges in New Jersey and California, and wrote pieces for newspapers and magazines. Earlier, as a young ...[Read Story]