William Goldman

William Goldman August 12 1931 November 15 2018 was an American novelist playwright and screenwriter He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to writing for film He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 and again for All the Presidents Men 1976 about journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon for the Washington Post Both films starred Robert Redford His other notable works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedyfantasy novel The Princess Bride both of which Goldman adapted for film Author Sean Egan has described Goldman as one of the late twentieth centurys most popular storytellers