William Hjortsberg is an acclaimed author of novels and screenplays. His best-known work is Falling Angel (1978), a hard-boiled occult mystery. In 1987 the book was adapted into a film titled Angel Heart, which starred Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke.
BOOKS:
ALP; Simon & Schuster, 1969.
GRAY MATTERS; Simon & Schuster, 1971.
SYMBIOGRAPHY; Sumac Press, 1973.
TORO! TORO! TORO!; Simon & Schuster, 1974.
FALLING ANGEL; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
TALES & FABLES; Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985.
NEVERMORE; The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994.
LEGEND OF DARKNESS (A Screenplay); Harvest Moon, 2002.
ODD CORNERS; Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
JUBILEE HITCHHIKER: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan; Counterpoint, 2012.
THE WORK OF ART; Oro Editions, 2014.
MAÑANA; Open Road Media, 2015.
FILMS:
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING; (20th Century Fox,) 1977.
GEORGIA PEACHES; (CBS Movie of the Week,) 1980.
LEGEND; (Universal,) 1986.
ANGEL HEART; (Carolco,) Based on the novel, FALLING ANGEL, 1987.
BORN: New York City in 1941
EDUCATION:
Dartmouth College, B. A. 1962
Yale School of Drama, 1962 - 63 (no degree)
Stanford University, (Stegner Fellow,) 1967 - 68
Short fiction, non-fiction and reviews have appeared in Playboy, Esquire, Oui, Penthouse, Look, Sports Illustrated, Rocky Mountain Magazine, Cornell Review, The Realist, House & Garden, San Francisco Focus, Big Sky Journal, Fishing Update No. 1 (The Hunting & Fishing Library,) New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Men's Journal, Catholic World and The Last Supplement To The Whole Earth Catalog.
AWARDS:
Wallage Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, (Stanford, 1967.)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1976.
Playboy Editorial Award, (Best New Contributor, 1971; Best Major Work, 1978.)
FALLING ANGEL was nominated for Best First Mystery Novel by the Mystery Writers of America in 1978.
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