This author, born in Illinois in 1931, wrote plays that were flops and novels that didn't do well before trying his hand at a screenplay over his winter break from teaching, writing the script for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He also wrote screenplays for The Stepford Wives, All the President's Men and others. He loved making up stories for his daughters, and when they were 4 and 7, one wanted a story about brides and the other wanted one about princesses, inspiring his 1973 novel which he later turned into the screenplay for beloved 1987 movie, The Princess Bride. He calls the book the only one of his novels he truly liked. This is William Goldman, who died in Manhattan in 2018 at the age of 87.
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