Harold Robbins (1916 1997) is one of the bestselling American fiction writers of all time, ranking 5th on the World s Bestselling Fiction Author List just behind William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. He wrote over 25 bestselling novels, sold more than 750 million copies in 42 languages and spent over 300 weeks combined on The New York Times bestsellers list. His books were adapted into 13 commercially successful films and also television series that garnered numerous Oscar(r), Golden Globe(r), and Primetime Emmy(r) nominations starring Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, Laurence Olivier, Bette D...