Robert Crais is the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. He was the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction. A native of Louisiana, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery workers and police officers. Robert Crais was born in Louisiana, United States on Saturday, June 20, 1953 (Baby Boomers Generation).

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The novels of Robert Crais have been published in 42 countries and are bestsellers around the world. . Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, many of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. .