William Goldman

William Goldman (1931–2018) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and non-fiction author, born in Chicago. His novels include The Princess Bride (1973) and Marathon Man (1974), and he adapted both for the screen. He won Academy Awards for the screenplays of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men, and wrote the Hollywood memoirs Adventures in the Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell?