Robert Edward Eckels (1930–2022)

Author of Never Trust a Partner

Never Trust a Partner (2021) 3 copies, 1 review

Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology, Volume 2 (1978) — Contributor — 105 copies

Canonical name: Eckels, Robert Edward
Legal name: Eckels, Robert Edward
Other names: Roberts, E. E. (pseudonym)
Birthdate: 1930-12-07
Date of death: 2022-05-16
Gender: male
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA, History)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MA, History)
Occupations: short story writer
Organizations: U.S. Army
Social Security Administration
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Short biography: [from author's website]
Robert Edward Eckels is an American author who wrote around 50 published short stories between 1969 and the mid-1980s. He specialized in short stories about con-men, spies and swindles, preferring to avoid the blood and gore of violent crime. His stories were published in popular magazines such as Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, along with several hard cover books in the US. Several of his stories appeared in magazines and TV shows in Europe and Japan.
Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois, USA
Places of residence: Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Maryland, USA
Place of death: Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
Associated Place (for map): Illinois, USA