Holmes, Rupert: - Rupert Holmes has received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and multiple Tony(R) and Drama Desk Awards for his Broadway mystery musicals, including the book of Curtains and his sole creation, the Tony(R) Award-winning Best Musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood .
Holmes\'s earliest story-songs were published in Ellery Queen\'s Mystery Magazine and he is also the writer/vocalist of several Billboard Top 10 hits, including his Billboard #1 multi-platinum classic with a memorable twist-ending: Escape (The Pina Colada Song)..
His short stories have been anthologized in such collections as Best American Mystery Stories , Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop , and On a Raven\'s Wing.
Stine for the Broadway and international stage.
He has adapted Agatha Christie, John Grisham, and R.
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His second novel, Swing , was the first novel with its own original, clue-bearing musical score.
His first novel, Where the Truth Lies , was nominated for a Nero Wolfe award for Best American Mystery Novel, was a Booklist Top Ten Debut Novel, and became a motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon.
Holmes, Rupert: - Rupert Holmes has received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and multiple Tony(R) and Drama Desk Awards for his Broadway mystery musicals, including the book of Curtains and his sole creation, the Tony(R) Award-winning Best Musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood
