William Kotzwinkle

William Kotzwinkle
Born
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationsNovelist, screenwriter
Spouse
Elizabeth Gundy
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(m. 1965)​
Websitewww.kotzwinkle.com

William Kotzwinkle (born November 22, 1938 (November 22, 1938), or 1943 (1943) according to different sources[1]) is an American novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Doctor Rat in 1977,[2] and has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction. Kotzwinkle is known for writing the novelization of the screenplay for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[3]

He has been married to author Elizabeth Gundy since 1965.[4]

List of works

Novels

  • Hermes 3000 (1972)
  • The Fan Man (1974)
  • Night Book (1974)
  • Swimmer in the Secret Sea (1975) (a short story published in mass-market paperback format, as a sort of chapbook)
  • Doctor Rat (1976)
  • Fata Morgana (1977)
  • Herr Nightingale And the Satin Woman (1978) (graphic novel, illustrated Joe Servello)
  • Jack in the Box (1980) (later re-titled as Book of Love at the release of the movie based on it)
  • Christmas at Fontaine's (1982)
  • Superman III (1983) (based on the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman)
  • Great World Circus (1983) (illustrated Joe Servello)
  • Queen of Swords (1983)
  • Seduction in Berlin (1985) (long story poem, illustrated Joe Servello)
  • The Exile (1987)
  • The Midnight Examiner (1989)
  • The Game of Thirty (1994) (reissued 2007 as The Game of 30)
  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996)
  • The Amphora Project (2005)
  • Felonious Monk (2021)
  • Bloody Martini (2023)[5]

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial series

Collections

  • Elephant Bangs Train (1971) (short stories)
  • The Oldest Man: And Other Timeless Stories (1971) (juvenile)
  • Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (1983) (juvenile)
  • Jewel of the Moon (1985) (short stories)
  • Hearts of Wood: And Other Timeless Tales (1986) (juvenile)
  • The Hot Jazz Trio (1989) (3 short stories, illustrated Joe Servello)
  • Tales from the Empty Notebook (1995) (juvenile)
  • Double Trouble in Bugland : A New Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (2016) (juvenile)

Short stories

  • "The Curio Shop" (1980)
  • "Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods" (1988)
  • "Blues on the Nile: A Fragment of Papyrus" (1989)
  • "Boxcar Blues" (1989)
  • "Django Reinhardt Played the Blues" (1989)
  • "Horse Badorties Goes Out" (1973)
  • "The Magician"

Children's books

  • The Firemen (1969)
  • Elephant Boy: A Story of the Stone Age (1970)
  • The Day the Gang Got Rich (1970)
  • The Ship That Came Down The Gutter (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: A Ghostly Sea Story (1979)
  • The Nap Master (1979)
  • E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook (1982)
  • The World Is Big and I'm So Small (1986) ISBN 0-517-56310-X
  • The Empty Notebook (1990)
  • The Million-Dollar Bear (1995)
  • Walter the Farting Dog series (with Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy)[6] (illustrations by Audrey Colman)
    • Walter the Farting Dog (2001) ISBN 1-58394-053-7 (published in Latin as Walter, Canis Inflatus (2004) ISBN 1-58394-110-X)
    • Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale (2004) ISBN 0-525-47217-7 (also published as Walter the Farting Dog Farts Again)
    • Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (2005) ISBN 0-525-47218-5
    • Walter the Farting Dog goes on a Cruise (2006) ISBN 0-525-47714-4
    • Walter The Farting Dog: Banned From the Beach (June 21, 2007) ISBN 0-525-47812-4

Screenplays

Notes

  1. ^ "Kotzwinkle". Pennsylvania Center for the Book. February 2010.
  2. ^ "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. ^ "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Teacher's Notes" (PDF). Penguin Active Reading, Teacher Support Program, Pearson Education Limited. c. 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  4. ^ Eady, Brenda (27 May 1985). "From Any Angle, E.t.'s Biographer William Kotzwinkle Is Not An Alien to Success". People. 23 (21).
  5. ^ "BLOODY MARTINI | Kirkus Reviews".
  6. ^ Subsequent volumes identify Gundy as an uncredited contributor on the earlier books. The later books give her a co-author credit.
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