Robert Fate Explained

Robert Fate
Birth Name:	Robert Fate Bealmear
Birth Place:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer
Genre:	Mystery
Notableworks:	"Baby Shark"
Spouse:	Fern Mador Bealmear
Children:	Jennifer Marie Bealmear
Awards:	Technical Achievement Oscar 1984

Robert Fate (born Robert Fate Bealmear, 1935) is an American author, best known for the Baby Shark series of mystery novels.

Born in 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fate joined the US Marine Corps after High School. He used his GI Bill to go to schools in the US as well as the Sorbonne in Paris.

Before becoming a writer he worked in various fields and won an Oscar for his work in motion picture special effects ^[1]

Awards

For the Baby Shark series

• 2008 Anthony award Finalist^[2]
• Book of the Year Finalist, Foreword Magazine
• Editor's Choice Award Finalist, Allbooks Review
• Optioned by Brad Wyman

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

1. http://wwwdb.oscars.org/ampas/plsql/ampas_search.main?free_text_in=ROBERT%20BEALMEAR AMPAS - Index of Motion Picture Credits - Films
2. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees . Bouchercon.info . 2003-10-02 . 2012-02-27.

• AMPAS Oscar Technical Award

External links

• Bibliography
• Interview on Reviewing The Evidence