Biography
Donald E. Westlake was an American writer of crime fiction. He published more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books, specialising in comic capers with occasional work in other genres.
Westlake wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film The Grifters, adapted from a novel by Jim Thompson. His novel The Ax (1997) provided the source material for the 2025 film No Other Choice. Other works have been adapted into films including Point Blank (1967) and Payback (1999).
He received three Edgar Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1993.
