Walter Wager

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Walter Wager


Born
in New York City, The United States
September 24, 1924

Died
July 11, 2004

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Wager was best known as an author of mystery and spy fiction; his works included 58 Minutes (1987), whose story was used as the basis of the action film Die Hard 2 in 1990. Two of his other novels became major motion pictures in 1977: Viper Three (1972), which was released as Twilight's Last Gleaming, and Telefon (1975). Wager wrote a number of original novels in the 1960s under the pseudonym "John Tiger" that were based on the TV series I Spy and Mission: Impossible.


Born Walter Herman Wager in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of Russian immigrants, and he attended Columbia College at Columbia University. He graduated in 1944 and later earned a law degree from Harvard; the practice of law interested him less than aviation, however, and Wager s
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Average rating: 3.57 · 1,083 ratings · 158 reviews · 57 distinct worksSimilar authors
58 Minutes (Die Hard, #2)

3.56 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1987 — 19 editions
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Telefon

3.67 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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Twilight's Last Gleaming

3.48 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1972 — 18 editions
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Sledgehammer

3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions
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Otto's Boy

3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions
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Designated Hitter

3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions
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Time of Reckoning

3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1977 — 16 editions
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The Spirit Team

3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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Swap

3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions
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Raw Deal

3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions
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