Robert Fate

American author

Robert Fate

Born	Robert Fate Bealmear 1935 (age 88–89) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genre	Mystery
Notable works	"Baby Shark"
Notable awards	Technical Achievement Oscar 1984
Spouse	Fern Mador Bealmear
Children	Jennifer Marie Bealmear
Website
www.robertfate.com

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) ISBN 0-9776276-9-1
Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues (2007) ISBN 0-9776276-2-4
Baby Shark’s High Plains Redemption (2008) ISBN 0-9799960-2-3
Baby Shark's Jugglers at the Border (2009) ISBN 978-0-9799960-5-4
'Kill the Gigolo' ' (2010)
Baby Shark's Showdown at Chigger Flats (2011)

References

^ AMPAS - Index of Motion Picture Credits - Films Archived August 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. 2003-10-02. Retrieved 2012-02-27.