Robert H. Adleman, American novelist and historian, was born on May 17, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on November 16, 1995 in Ashland, Oregon.
Adleman was a businessman and a historian who began a collaboration with U.S. Army Colonel George Watson to write novels about World War II, the most successful of which was 1966's The Devil's Brigade. A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", the book would be turned into a motion picture of the same name.
After selling the movie rights, Adleman and his wife moved from Philadelphia to Malibu, California. They remained there for a number of years until they acquired a large ranch property in Oregon where he passed away in 1995. His wife and two daughters scattered his ashes on the ocean at the beach in Malibu.
Bibliography: (partial)
- The Devil's Brigade (1966) (written with Col. George Walton)
- Rome Fell Today (1968) (written with Col. George Walton)
- The Champagne Campaign (1969) (written with Col. George Walton)
- The Bloody Benders (1970)
- Annie Deane (1971)
- What's Really Involved in Writing and Selling Your Book (1972)
- The Black Box (1973)
- Alias Big Cherry: The Confessions of a Master Criminal (1973)
- Sweetwater Fever (1986)
