Robert Fate (born Robert Fate Bealmear, 1935) is an American
author
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, best known for the ''Baby Shark'' series of
mystery
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* ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film
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novels.
Born in 1935 in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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, Fate joined the
US Marine Corps after High School. He used his
GI Bill
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to go to schools in the US as well as the
Sorbonne in
Paris
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.
Before becoming a writer he worked in various fields and won an
Oscar for his work in motion picture special effects
Awards
For the ''Baby Shark'' series
*
2008 Anthony award Finalist
*Book of the Year Finalist, Foreword Magazine
*Editor's Choice Award Finalist, Allbooks Review
*Optioned by
Brad Wyman
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Bibliography
*''Baby Shark'' (2006)
*''Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues'' (2007)
*''Baby Shark’s High Plains Redemption'' (2008)
*''Baby Shark's Jugglers at the Border'' (2009)
* 'Kill the Gigolo' ' (2010)
* ''Baby Shark's Showdown at Chigger Flats'' (2011)
References
AMPAS Oscar Technical Award
External links
Official Website
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University of Paris alumni
Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners
1935 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American mystery writers
Writers from Oklahoma City
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Oklahoma
American expatriates in France