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American author and screenwriter (1927–2023))
Laird Philip Koenig (September 24, 1927 – June 30, 2023) was an American author and screenwriter. His best-known work was
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane , a
novel published in 1974.
[1] The novel was adapted into the 1976
film of the same name starring
Jodie Foster . He also wrote a
play based on his novel.
Koenig died of natural causes in
Santa Barbara, California , on June 30, 2023, at the age of 95.
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Novels
The Children are Watching (w. Peter L. Dixon) (Ballantine, 1970) (filmed as
Attention, The Kids Are Watching , 1978)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1974) (filmed 1976)
Islands (Dell, 1980)
The Neighbor (Avon, 1978) (filmed as
Killing 'em Softly , 1982)
The Disciple (Bantam, 1983)
Rockabye (St. Martin's Press, 1981) (filmed 1986)
The Sea Wife (Warner Books, 1986)
Rising Sun (1986)
Morning Sun : The Story of Madam Butterfly's Boy (Prospecta Press, 2012)
Plays
The Dozens . Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1969
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane . Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997,
ISBN
0-8222-1571-3
Screenplays
The Cat (w. William Redlin), 1966
Flipper (TV series), episodes, 1966–1967
The High Chaparral (TV series), episodes, 1970
Red Sun [w. Dene Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman], 1971
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane , 1976 (from own novel)
Bloodline , 1979 (from
Sidney Sheldon novel)
Inchon (w.
Robin Moore ), 1981 (from story by Moore and Paul Savage)
Rockabye , 1986 (from own novel)
Stillwatch (w. David E. Peckinpah), 1987 (from
Mary Higgins Clark novel)
The Fulfilment of Mary Gray , 1989 (from
LaVyrle Spencer novel)
Tennessee Nights , 1989 (from
Hans Werner Kettenbach novel)
Lady Against the Odds [w. Bruce Murkoff], 1992 [from
Rex Stout novel, The Hand in the Glove]
Awards and nominations
Adaptations
(Unknown) for "Intrigues" (French TV series), 1985 (probably The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane)
References
^ Houston, Levin (February 16, 1974).
"A story of an adjustment" . Free-Lance Star . p. 12. Retrieved September 27, 2010 .
^
"Laird Koenig Obituary" . Neptune Cremation Service . Retrieved July 6, 2023 .
^ Barnes, Mike (July 16, 2023).
"Laird Koenig, 'Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane' Author and Screenwriter, Dies at 95" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 17, 2023 .
^ Jacobs, Christopher P. (January 18, 2017).
"Overlooked Thriller Turns 40" .
High Plains Reader . Retrieved March 6, 2017 .
^
Wilson, John (2005).
The Official Razzie Movie Guide .
Warner Books . p. 344.
ISBN
0-446-69334-0 .
OCLC
56033390 .
External links
1980s 1990s
Daniel Waters , James Cappe, and
David Arnott –
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Steven E. de Souza ,
Daniel Waters ,
Bruce Willis , and
Robert Kraft –
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Blake Snyder ,
William Osborne , and
William Davies –
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Amy Holden Jones –
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Tom S. Parker,
Jim Jennewein ,
Steven E. de Souza , and
various others –
The Flintstones (1994)
Joe Eszterhas –
Showgirls (1995)
Andrew Bergman –
Striptease (1996)
Eric Roth and
Brian Helgeland –
The Postman (1997)
Joe Eszterhas –
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
Jim Thomas ,
John Thomas ,
S. S. Wilson ,
Brent Maddock ,
Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman –
Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s 2010s
M. Night Shyamalan –
The Last Airbender (2010)
Steve Koren ,
Adam Sandler , and Ben Zook –
Jack and Jill (2011)
David Caspe –
That's My Boy (2012)
Steve Baker,
Ricky Blitt , Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham,
James Gunn , Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda,
Bob Odenkirk , Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy,
Greg Pritikin , Rocky Russo,
Olle Sarri , Elizabeth Wright Shapiro,
Jeremy Sosenko , Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark –
Movie 43 (2013)
Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey –
Saving Christmas (2014)
Kelly Marcel –
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Chris Terrio and
David S. Goyer –
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Tony Leondis , Eric Siegel, and
Mike White –
The Emoji Movie (2017)
Niall Leonard –
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Lee Hall and
Tom Hooper –
Cats (2019)
2020s
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