William Hjortsberg

William Hjortsberg
Born	1941 (age 74–75) New York City, New York
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Genre	Mystery, screenwriting
Website
williamhjortsberg.com

William "Gatz" Hjortsberg (born 1941) is a novelist and screenwriter known for writing the screenplay of the film Legend.^[1]

His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987).^[2]

Fiction

• Alp (1969)
• Gray Matters (1971)
• Symbiography (1973)
• Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974)
• Falling Angel (1978)
• Tales & Fables (1985)
• Nevermore (1994)
• Mañana (2015)

Screenplays

• Thunder and Lightning (1977)
• The Georgia Peaches (1980) (TV)
• Legend (1985)
• Angel Heart (1987)

Nonfiction

• Hjortsberg, William (2012). Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan. Counterpoint Press. ISBN 9781582437903. A biography of writer Richard Brautigan.

References

1. "William Hjortsberg". The New York Times.
2. Canby, Vincent (March 6, 1987). "Angel Heart (1987) FILM: MICKEY ROURKE STARS IN 'ANGEL HEART'". The New York Times.

External links

• William Hjortsberg official website
• William Hjortsberg at the Internet Movie Database
• Photograph of the author