William Kotzwinkle

William Kotzwinkle (Scranton, Pennsylvanija, 1943.-) je američki pisac i scenarist. Najpoznatiji je po novelizaciji popularnog holivudskog filma E.T., kao i seriji dječjih knjiga 'Walter the Farting Dog.

Godine 1977. je dobio World Fantasy Award za roman Doctor Rat.

Ciklusi knjiga

Ciklus E.T. the Extra Terrestrial series

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (ko-autorica Melissa Mathison)
• E.T. the Book of the Green Planet (1985)

Cikčis Walter the Farting Dog (ko-autor Glenn Murray, ilustracije Audrey Colman)

• Walter the Farting Dog (2001) ISBN 1-58394-053-7
• Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale (2004) ISBN 0-525-47217-7 (također kao 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 (co-written with Elizabeth Gundy)
• Walter, Canis Inflatus (2004) ISBN 1-58394-110-X

Romani

• 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)
• Hermes 3000 (1972)
• The Supreme, Superb, Exalted and Delightful, One and Only Magic Building (1973)
• The Fan Man (1974)
• Night Book (1974)
• Up the Alley with Jack and Joe (1974)
• Swimmer in the Secret Sea (1975)
• Doctor Rat (1976)
• The Leopard's Tooth (1976)
• Fata Morgana (1977)
• The Ants Who Took Away Time (1978)
• Herr Nightingale And the Satin Woman (1978)
• Dream of Dark Harbor: A Ghostly Sea Story (1979)
• The Nap Master (1979)
• Jack in the Box (1980) (eventually re-titled as Book of Love to coincide with the movie)
• Christmas at Fontaine's (1982)
• Superman III (1983)
• Great World Circus (1983)
• Queen of Swords (1983)
• Seduction in Berlin (1985)
• Jewel of the Moon (1985)
• The World Is Big and I'm So Small (1986)
• The Exile (1987)
• The Midnight Examiner (1989)
• The Game of Thirty (1994)
• The Million-Dollar Bear (1995)
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996)
• The Amphora Project (2005)
• Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (2006)

Zbirke

• Elephant Bangs Train (1971)
• The Oldest Man: And Other Timeless Stories (1971)
• Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (1983)
• Hearts of Wood: And Other Timeless Tales (1986)
• The Hot Jazz Trio (1989)
• Tales from the Empty Notebook (1995)

Antologije koje uključuju opus Williama Kotzwinklea

• The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (a.k.a. Demons and Dreams) (1989)
• Great Esquire Fiction (1983)

Kratke priče

• "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)

Scenariji

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (originalni sinopsis)
• Book of Love (1990) (adaptacija vlastitog romana Jack in the Box)

Reference i vanjski linkovi

• Brief bio
• Interview
• William Kotzwinkle na sajtu IMDb
• 1991 RealAudio interview with William Kotzwinkle at Wired for Books.org by Don Swaim