Mario Puzo

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mario Gianluigi Puzo  October 15 1920 July 2 1999 was an American author and screenwriter known for his novels about the Mafia including The Godfather 1969 which he later coadapted into a film with Francis Ford Coppola He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in both 1972 and 1974 Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Puzo licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia