AUTHOR, EX-DAILY NEWS BOOK EDITOR BRUCE COOK DIES.Byline: Holly Andres Staff Writer A funeral will be held Wednesday for author and former Daily News book editor Bruce Cook Bruce Alexander Cook (1932-2003), American author, best known for his mystery series (under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander) about the blind magistrate Sir John Fielding. , who died Sunday of a stroke. He was 71. Cook authored 21 books, including 10 Sir John Fielding This article is about the London magistrate. For the soldier, see John Williams (VC). Sir John Fielding (1721 – 4 September 1780) was a notable English magistrate and social reformer of the 18th century. historical mysteries (under the pseudonym pseudonym (s  `dənĭm) [Gr.,=false name], name assumed, particularly by writers, to conceal identity. A writer's pseudonym is also referred to as a nom de plume (pen name). ``Bruce Alexander'') and four Chico Cervantes detective mysteries. His nonfiction books include ``The Beat Generation'' and ``Dalton Trumbo Noun 1. Dalton Trumbo - United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)Trumbo .'' His last completed book, a fictional look at the life of Shakespeare, will be published by St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
Cook was the book editor at the Daily News from 1984 to 1990. He also was a senior editor at Newsweek magazine and book editor at USA Today and The Detroit News. He is survived by his wife, concert violinist Judith Aller; children, Bob Cook, Katy Cook and Ceci Laiche; stepdaughters, Silja Talvi and Sonja Rosen; and five grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Temple Akiba, 5249 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. Memorial donations can be made to the religious school at Temple Akiba, 5249 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City 90230. |
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