What is Howard Engel?
{{Infobox writer | name = Howard Engel | image = Howard Engel3.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Engel in 2007 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|4|2|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|16|1931|4|2}} | death_place = | resting_place = | nationality = Canadian | occupation = Writer, producer | years_active = | genre = Drama, crime fiction | notableworks = ''[[Benny Cooperman]]'' series | spouse = [[Marian Engel]]<br/>(m. 1962; div. 1978)<br/>Janet Hamilton | children = 3 }} '''Howard Engel''' [[Order of Canada|CM]] (April 2, 1931 – July 17, 2019) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] writer and [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] producer. He was well known for his novel series of [[Benny Cooperman]] detective novels. Engel was a founder of [[Crime Writers of Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Black |first=Debra |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/184023 |title=Order of Canada recipients |publisher=[[The Toronto Star]] |date=2007-02-21 |page=A12| access-date=2007-02-21}}</ref> He was born in [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]]. Engel died of [[pneumonia]] on July 17, 2019 in [[Toronto]] at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web |title=Howard Engel, author of the Benny Cooperman detective series, dead at 88 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/howard-engel-author-of-the-benny-cooperman-detective-series-dead-at-88-1.5213803 |website=CBC |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Howard}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Crime writers]] [[Category:People from St. Catharines]] [[Category:Television producers]] [[Category:Writers from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}}