children birth_place imagesize awards nationality notableworks name birth_date spouse genre image article_title birth_name occupation
jennifer marie bealmear oklahoma city , oklahoma 127 × 205 technical achievement oscar 1984 american `` baby shark '' robert fate 1935 fern mador bealmear mystery robertfateauthor.jpg robert fate
 robert fate bealmear writer
robert fate

robert fate -lrb- born robert fate bealmear , 1935 -rrb- is an american author , best known for the `` baby shark '' series of mystery novels .
born in 1935 in oklahoma city , oklahoma , fate joined the us marine corps after high school .
he used his gi bill to go to schools in the us as well as the sorbonne in paris .
before becoming a writer he worked in various fields and won an oscar for his work in motion picture special effects
