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)