Writer
Roderick Thorp
Born 1936-09-01Died 1999-04-28aged 62
Roderick Thorp (1936–1999) is best known for Die Hard with a Vengeance, Die Hard 2 and Die Hard.
Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedurals and crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Thorp is also better known for its sequel, the bestselling novel, Nothing Lasts Forever, which later served as the basis for the film Die Hard, thus Thorp became a creator of the entire media franchise of the same name. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were also adapted into TV movies.