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Roger Hobbs
Roger Hobbs (June 10, 1988 – November 14, 2016) was an American writer. He was the author of ''Ghostman'' and ''Vanishing Games''. In 2011, Hobbs sold the adaptation rights to his crime fiction ''Ghostman'' to Warner Bros., Warner Brothers. In 2014, Hobbs was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Roger Hobbs died of a drug overdose in Portland, Oregon, on November 14, 2016. * * • In Italia: Hobbs, Roger (2013) L'ombra. Einaudi. (2015) Pronti a svanire. Einaudi. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbs, Roger 1988 births 2016 deaths Novelists from Boston Reed College alumni 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Drug-related deaths in Oregon 21st-century American male writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
