Laird Philip Koenig (September 24, 1927 – June 30, 2023) was an American author and screenwriter. His best-known work was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on his novel.
Koenig died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, California, on June 30, 2023, at the age of 95.
Novels The Children are Watching (w. Peter L. Dixon) (Ballantine, 1970) (filmed as Attention, The Kids Are Watching, 1978) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1974) (filmed 1976) Islands (Dell, 1980) The Neighbor (Avon, 1978) (filmed as Killing 'em Softly, 1982) The Disciple (Bantam, 1983) Rockabye (St. Martin's Press, 1981) (filmed 1986) The Sea Wife (Warner Books, 1986) Rising Sun (1986) Morning Sun : The Story of Madam Butterfly's Boy (Prospecta Press, 2012)
Plays The Dozens. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1969 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997,
Screenplays The Cat (w. William Redlin), 1966 Flipper (TV series), episodes, 1966–1967 The High Chaparral (TV series), episodes, 1970 Red Sun [w. Dene Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman], 1971 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, 1976 (from own novel) Bloodline, 1979 (from Sidney Sheldon novel) Inchon (w. Robin Moore), 1981 (from story by Moore and Paul Savage) Rockabye, 1986 (from own novel) Stillwatch (w. David E. Peckinpah), 1987 (from Mary Higgins Clark novel) The Fulfilment of Mary Gray, 1989 (from LaVyrle Spencer novel) Tennessee Nights, 1989 (from Hans Werner Kettenbach novel) Lady Against the Odds [w. Bruce Murkoff], 1992 [from Rex Stout novel, The Hand in the Glove]
Awards and nominations Award Category Nominated work Result References 5th Saturn Awards Saturn Award for Best Writing The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay Inchon
Adaptations (Unknown) for "Intrigues" (French TV series), 1985 (probably The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane)
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