Warren Burton Murphy was an American author, best known as the co-creator of The Destroyer series, the basis for the film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
11 Facts About Warren Murphy
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Warren Murphy worked in journalism and politics until launching the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir in 1971.
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Warren Murphy was one of the authors of the screenplay for The Eiger Sanction in 1975, and co-wrote the original story for Lethal Weapon 2.
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Warren Murphy is the author of the Trace and Digger series.
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Warren Murphy shared writing credits with Cochran on The Forever King and several novels under the name Dev Stryker.
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Over his career, Warren Murphy has sold over 60 million books.
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In 2002, Warren Murphy started his own publishing house, Ballybunion, as a vehicle to start The Destroyer spin-off books.
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Warren Murphy served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America, and was a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Crime Writers League and the Screenwriters Guild.
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Warren Murphy received a number of awards and nominations for his work.
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Warren Murphy was previously married to Molly Cochran and Dawn Walters, both marriages ended in divorce.
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Warren Murphy died on September 4,2015, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at the age of 81, of heart failure resulting from lung disease.