William Hjortsberg
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William Hjortsberg

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William Hjortsberg is an acclaimed author of novels and screenplays. His best-known work is Falling Angel (1978), a hard-boiled occult mystery. In 1987 the book was adapted into a film titled Angel Heart, which starred Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke. BOOKS: ALP; Simon & Schuster, 1969. GRAY MATTERS; Simon & Schuster, 1971. SYMBIOGRAPHY; Sumac Press, 1973. TORO! TORO! TORO!; Simon & Schuster, 1974. FALLING ANGEL; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. TALES & FABLES; Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985. NEVERMORE; The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. LEGEND OF DARKNESS (A Screenplay); Harvest Moon, 2002. ODD CORNERS; Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. JUBILEE HITCHHIKER: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan; Counterpoint, 2012. THE WORK OF ART; Oro Editions, 2014. MAÑANA; Open Road Media, 2015. FILMS: THUNDER AND LIGHTNING; (20th Century Fox,) 1977. GEORGIA PEACHES; (CBS Movie of the Week,) 1980. LEGEND; (Universal,) 1986. ANGEL HEART; (Carolco,) Based on the novel, FALLING ANGEL, 1987. BORN: New York City in 1941 EDUCATION: Dartmouth College, B. A. 1962 Yale School of Drama, 1962 - 63 (no degree) Stanford University, (Stegner Fellow,) 1967 - 68 Short fiction, non-fiction and reviews have appeared in Playboy, Esquire, Oui, Penthouse, Look, Sports Illustrated, Rocky Mountain Magazine, Cornell Review, The Realist, House & Garden, San Francisco Focus, Big Sky Journal, Fishing Update No. 1 (The Hunting & Fishing Library,) New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Men's Journal, Catholic World and The Last Supplement To The Whole Earth Catalog. AWARDS: Wallage Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, (Stanford, 1967.) National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1976. Playboy Editorial Award, (Best New Contributor, 1971; Best Major Work, 1978.) FALLING ANGEL was nominated for Best First Mystery Novel by the Mystery Writers of America in 1978. REFERENCES: See entries in: CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA WHO'S WHO IN ENTERTAINMENT.
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