Harold Robbins

Harold Robbins (born Harold Francis Rubin) was an American bestselling novelist known for racy, plot-driven commercial fiction about wealth, sex, power and Hollywood. Rising to prominence in the mid-20th century with novels such as The Carpetbaggers and The Dream Merchants, Robbins sold hundreds of millions of books worldwide and helped popularize a mass-market, glamour-focused style of popular fiction. His later years saw health setbacks and posthumous publications produced from outlines and collaborations.