Richard Sapir

Richard Sapir
Born	(1936-07-27)July 27, 1936 New York City, United States
Died	27 January 1987 New Hampshire, United States
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Notable works	The Destroyer

Richard Ben Sapir (born 1936 in New York City; died 1987) is best known for The Destroyer series of novels that he co-created with Warren Murphy. The first Destroyer was written in 1963, while Sapir worked as a city hall reporter in Jersey City and Murphy served as secretary to the city's mayor. Ahead of its time with a plot centered upon a brash young westerner trained in the martial arts by a master assassin from North Korea, the book went unpublished until June 1971 but eventually spawned a highly successful adventure series with over 30 million copies in print by the late 1990s.

Before arriving on the illustrious shores of Sinanju, Sapir worked as an editor and in public relations. In addition to The Destroyer series, Sapir wrote five novels: Bressio (1975), The Far Arena (1978), The Body (1983), Spies (1984), and Quest (1987), a modern-day search for the Holy Grail. The Body, which was made into a movie in 2001, is about a Jewish archaeologist who finds a skeleton underneath an Arab shopkeeper's basement that might be the body of Jesus and the American Jesuit priest who is sent by the Vatican to investigate.

Richard Sapir was a graduate of Columbia University and lived with his wife in New Hampshire before he died in 1987 from a heart attack.

References

• Richard Sapir, & Warren Murphy (1985). Remo The Adventure Begins, New York, NY: Signet.
• M. C. Murphy (1995). The Destroyer # 100 Last Rites, Ontario, Canada: Worldwide Library
• Richard Sapir, & Warren Murphy (1981). The Destroyer # 44 Balance of Power, New York, NY: Pinnacle Books.
• Author Biography viewed June 8, 2006
• Warren Murphy biography appended to body of work agreement (June 30, 2000) [1]
• [2] Page with date of death