William Kotzwinkle (born 1943) is an author and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His most popular works to date include the novelization of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (on which he collaborated with Melissa Mathison, the original screenplay writer, this book contains details behind the story of E.T. not shown in the film) and The Bear Went Over the Mountain.

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  • William Kotzwinkle (born 1943) is an author and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His most popular works to date include the novelization of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (on which he collaborated with Melissa Mathison, the original screenplay writer, this book contains details behind the story of E.T. not shown in the film) and The Bear Went Over the Mountain. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Doctor Rat in 1977, and has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction. The most comprehensive critical study of Kotzwinkle's works is Leon Lewis' "Eccentric Individuality in William Kotzwinkle's "The Fan Man", "E.T. ", "Doctor Rat" and Other Works of Fiction and Fantasy" (2002).
  • William Kotzwinkle ist ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Bekannt wurde Kotzwinkle vor allem als Autor des Buchs zum Film „E. T. “ sowie einer Fortsetzung, die auf dem Heimatplaneten der außerirdischen Hauptfigur spielt; außerdem schrieb er unter anderem das Drehbuch zum US-amerikanischen Horrorfilm „Nightmare 4 – The Dream Master“. Kotzwinkle besuchte das Rider College und die Pennsylvania State University. Nach verschiedenen Jobs begann er 1958 mit dem Schreiben und erhielt seitdem mehrere literarische Auszeichnungen. Er ist mit der Schriftstellerin Elizabeth Gundy verheiratet und lebt abwechselnd in den USA und Kanada.
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  • William Kotzwinkle (born 1943) is an author and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His most popular works to date include the novelization of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (on which he collaborated with Melissa Mathison, the original screenplay writer, this book contains details behind the story of E.T. not shown in the film) and The Bear Went Over the Mountain.
  • William Kotzwinkle ist ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Bekannt wurde Kotzwinkle vor allem als Autor des Buchs zum Film „E. T. “ sowie einer Fortsetzung, die auf dem Heimatplaneten der außerirdischen Hauptfigur spielt; außerdem schrieb er unter anderem das Drehbuch zum US-amerikanischen Horrorfilm „Nightmare 4 – The Dream Master“. Kotzwinkle besuchte das Rider College und die Pennsylvania State University.
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