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Kotzwinkle, William (1938 - )
Genre: Children's Literature, Drama/Theatre/Film, General Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Short Stories
William Kotzwinkle was born in Scranton PA in 1938 and has a home in Seal Cove, ME.
He attended Rider College and Pennsylvania State University, worked as a short-order cook, then an editor/writer during the 1960's then as a full-time writer. He has won the National Magazine awards for fiction in 1972 and 1975; the O Henry Prize in 1975; the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1977; the North Dakota Children's Choice Award in 1983; and the Buckeye Award, 1984.
He wrote the novelization of the film E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982).
Selected Bibliography
- Hermes 3000 (1972)
- The Fan Man (1974)
- Night-Book (1974)
- Swimmer in the Secret Sea (1975)
- Doctor Rat (1976)
- Fata Morgana (1977)
- Herr Nightingale and the Satin Woman (1978)
- Jack in the Box (1980) published as Book of Love (1990)
- Christmas at Fontaine's (1982)
- E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook (juvenile, novelization of screenplay by Melissa Mathison) (1982)
- Superman III (novelization of screenplay by David and Leslie Newman) (1983)
- Queen of Swords (1983)
- E.T., the Storybook of the Green Planet: A New Storybook (juvenile, based on story by Steven Spielberg) (1985)
- The Exile (1987)
- The Midnight Examiner (1989)
- Hot Jazz Trio (1989)
- The Game of Thirty (1994)
- The Bear Went over the Mountain (1996)
- The Fireman (1969)
- The Ship That Came Down the Gutter (1970)
- Elephant Boy: A Story of the Stone Age (1970)
- The Day the Gang Got Rich (1970)
- The Return of Crazy Horse (1971)
- The Supreme, Superb, Exalted, and Delightful, One and Only Magic Building (1973)
- Up the Alley with Jack and Joe (1974)
- The Leopard's Tooth (1976)
- The Ants Who Took Away Time (1978)
- Dream of Dark Harbor (1979)
- The Nap Master (1979)
- The World Is Big and I'm So Small (1986)
- The Empty Notebook (1990)
- The Million Dollar Bear (1994)
Short Stories
- Elephant Bangs Train (1971)
- The Oldest Man, and Other Timeless Stories (juvenile) (1971)
- Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (juvenile) (1983)
- Jewel of the Moon (1985)
- Hearts of Wood, and Other Timeless Tales (juvenile) (1986)
- Tales from the Empty Notebook (juvenile) (1996)
Poetry
- Great World Circus (juvenile) (1983)
- Seduction in Berlin (1985)