Writing
Community Rating
6.5
Initial estimate
Born
November 11, 1914
Died
March 12, 2003 (age 88)
Born in
New York City, New York, USA
Fast was born in New York City. His mother, Ida (née Miller), was a British Jewish immigrant, and his father, Barney Fast, was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who shortened his name from Fastovsky upon arrival in America. When his mother died in 1923 and his father became unemployed, Howard's youngest brother, Julius, went to live with relatives, while he and his older brother, Jerome, sold newspapers. Howard credited his early voracious reading to a part-time job in the New York Public Library.

Spartacus
as Novel
2004

Spartacus
as Novel
2004

The Crossing
as Novel, Screenplay
2000

Krishnamurti: With a Silent Mind
as Self
1990

April Morning
as Novel
1988

Freedom Road
as Novel
1979

The Immigrants
as Novel
1978

The Immigrants
as Novel
1978

How the West Was Won
as Writer
1977

21 Hours at Munich
as Writer
1976

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Writer
1974

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Novel, Teleplay
1971
The Face of Fear
as Writer
1971

Jigsaw
as Novel
1968

Penelope
as Novel
1966

Mirage
as Novel
1965

Sylvia
as Screenplay
1965

Cheyenne Autumn
as Novel
1964

Man in the Middle
as Novel
1964

The Defenders
as Writer
1961