Robert Graysmith
{{short description|American writer (born 1942)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Robert Graysmith
|birth_name = Robert Gray Smith
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|09|17}}
|birth_place = Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
|occupation = Author, cartoonist
|notable_works = Zodiac (1986)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage| Margaret Ann Womack|November 8, 1963|June 1973|reason=divorce}}
- {{marriage|Melanie Krakower|November 26, 1975|September 1980|reason=divorce}}
}}
}}
Robert Graysmith (born Robert Gray Smith; September 17, 1942){{cite web|url= https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/graysmith-robert-1942 |title= Graysmith, Robert 1942- |website= Encyclopedia.com |access-date= October 26, 2020}} is an American true crime author and former cartoonist, known for authoring the 1986 book Zodiac, based on his work on the Zodiac Killer case.
Career
Graysmith worked as a political cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969, when the Zodiac Killer case came to prominence. He attempted to decode letters written by the killer and became obsessed with the case over the next 13 years. Graysmith wrote two books about the case; his 1986 book Zodiac was the basis for the 2007 film by the same name. He eventually gave up his career as a cartoonist to write five more books on high-profile crimes, one of which became the basis for the film Auto Focus (2002).{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/28/AR2007022801979.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=William | last=Booth | title=A Killer Obsession | date=March 1, 2007}}
Personal life
In popular culture
The film Zodiac (2007), directed by David Fincher, was based on his books and featured Jake Gyllenhaal as Graysmith.{{cite web|url=http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=760 |title=Just the Facts: David Fincher's Zodiac |publisher=stopsmilingonline.com |access-date=June 14, 2011}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=1986|title=Zodiac|title-link=Zodiac (true crime book)|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-89895-3}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=1990|title=The Sleeping Lady: the trailside murders above the Golden Gate|url=https://archive.org/details/sleepinglady00robe|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Onyx|isbn=978-0-451-40255-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=1993|title=The Murder of Bob Crane: who killed the star of Hogan's Heroes?|url=https://archive.org/details/murderofbobcrane00gray|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Crown Publishers|isbn=978-0-517-59209-0}}
- {{cite book|last = Graysmith|first = R.|display-authors = 0|date = 1997|title = Unabomber: a desire to kill|location = Washington, D.C.|publisher = Regnery|isbn = 9780895263971|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/unabomberdesiret0000gray}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=1999|title=The Bell Tower: the case of Jack the Ripper finally solved|url=https://archive.org/details/belltower00robe|url-access=registration|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Regnery|isbn=978-0-89526-324-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=1999|title=Ghostfleet|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Regnery|isbn=978-0-89526-271-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2002|title=Zodiac Unmasked: the identity of America's most elusive serial killer revealed|url=https://archive.org/details/zodiacunmaskedid00gray_0|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=978-0-425-18332-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2003|title=Amerithrax: the hunt for the anthrax killer|location=New York|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=978-0-425-19190-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/amerithraxhuntfo00gray_0}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2009|title=The Laughing Gorilla: a true story of police corruption and murder|url=https://archive.org/details/laughinggorillat00gray|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=978-0-425-23014-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2010|title=The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower|url=https://archive.org/details/girlinalfredhitc00gray|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=978-0-425-23231-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2012|title=Black Fire: the true story of the original Tom Sawyer|location=New York|publisher=Crown Publishers|isbn=978-0-307-72056-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Graysmith|first=R.|display-authors=0|date=2021|title=Shooting Zodiac|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Monkey's Paw Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1-73658-005-9}}
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:American editorial cartoonists
Category:American political artists
Category:San Francisco Chronicle people
Category:Writers from Pensacola, Florida