Background

Robert Dingwall Zimmerman was born on August 8, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Zimmerman received his education at Saint Petersburg State University and Michigan State University.

Career

Robert Zimmerman devoted his career to writing, working freelance since the 1980s. He currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Achievements

• Robert D. Zimmerman is best known as the author of mysteries, psychological thrillers, and children's books. His main works include Todd Mills series, Alex & Maddy Phillips series, Tsarist Russian series and some other books such as Deadfall in Berlin, Mindscream, Blood Russian, Murder Most Artful, The Cross and the Sickle, and The Red Encounter.
  
  Zimmerman's Deadfall in Berlin was a 1991 finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery. His work Closet was a 1996 finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Paperback and Tribe was a 1997 finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Paperback.

Works

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  • Deadfall in Berlin

    (A young boy living in war-torn Berlin witnesses the murde...)

    1990
  • Tribe 1996
  • Closet 1995
  • Hostage 1997
  • Innuendo 1999
  • Outburst 1998
  • Death Trance 1992
  • Red Trance 1994
  • Mindscream 1989
  • The Red Encounter 1986