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Bio

(1941-2017) Novelist, screenwriter. William Hjortsberg was born in New York City.

Full Name

William Hjortsberg

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1941

BIRTH

William Reinhold Hjortsberg was born in New York City on February 23, 1941.

1969

LITWORK

Alp
Simon and Schuster
067120338X / 978-0671203382
Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Gray Matters
Simon & Schuster
0671209760 / 978-0671209766
Novel.

1973

LITWORK

Symbiography
Sumac Press
0912090294 / 978-0912090290
Novel.

1974

LITWORK

Toro! Toro! Toro!
Simon & Schuster
0671217984 / 978-0671217983
Novel.

1978

LITWORK

Falling Angel
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
0151301182 / 978-0151301188
Novel on which the 1987 film, "Angel Heart," was based.

1985

LITWORK

Legend


Mr. Hjortsberg wrote the screenplay for the film, "Legend."

1994

LITWORK

Nevermore
Atlantic Monthly Press
0871135795 / 978-0871135797
Novel.

2004

LITWORK

Odd Corners: The Slip-Stream World of William Hjortsberg
Counterpoint
1593760213 / 978-1593760212
Collection of short fiction.

2012

LITWORK

Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan
Counterpoint
1582437904 / 978-1582437903
Biography.

2015

LITWORK

Ma��ana
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
1497680735 / 978-1497680739
Novel.

2017

DEATH

William Hjortsberg died in Livingston, Montana, on April 22, 2017.

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