Laird Koenig (born September 24, 1927) is an American

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. His best-known work is ''

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by L ...

,'' a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring

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based on his novel.

Novels

* ''The Children are Watching'' (w. Peter L. Dixon) (Ballantine, 1970) (filmed as '' Attention, The Kids Are Watching'', 1978) * ''

'' (Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1974) (filmed 1976) * ''Islands'' (Dell, 1980) * ''The Neighbor'' (Avon, 1978) (filmed as ''

Killing 'em Softly ''Killing em Softly'' is a 1982 Canadian thriller film directed by Max Fischer, starring Irene Cara, George Segal, Clark Johnson and Nicholas Campbell."Max Fischer's 'The Man in 5A'". ''Cinema Canada'', September 1983. It is most noted for produc ...

'', 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 * ''

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'' (TV series), episodes, 1970 * ''

Red Sun ''Red Sun'' (french: Soleil rouge, it, Sole rosso) is a 1971 Franco-Italian international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Terence Young and starring Charles Bronson, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress, and Capucine. ...

'' . Dene Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman 1971 * ''

'', 1976 (from own novel) * ''

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novel) * ''

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), 1981 (from story by Moore and Paul Savage) * ''Rockabye'', 1986 (from own novel) * ''Stillwatch'' (w. David E. Peckinpah), 1987 (from

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novel) * ''The Fulfilment of Mary Gray'', 1989 (from LaVyrle Spencer novel) * '' Tennessee Nights'', 1989 (from

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Awards and nominations

Adaptations

* (Unknown) for "Intrigues" (French TV series), 1985 (probably The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane)

References

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