Jeffery Hughes "Jeff" Andrus (; March 19, 1947 – March 27, 2011) was an American author, best known for having written ''The Proverb'' (2004), adapting

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'', ''Doc'' (1971),

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, and the ''Tracer Family''

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series. Additionally, Andrus wrote and made a cameo appearance in the 2004 Award-Winning short film ''The Proverb'' along with Scott Waara and

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and graduated from

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. He married Gwyneth in about 1969. Andrus died on March 27, 2011, of congestive heart failure.

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Jeff Andrus - Official Site
1947 births 2011 deaths People from King City, California American male screenwriters American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers Novelists from California Screenwriters from California Stanford University alumni {{US-screen-writer-1940s-stub