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

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. He also wrote a

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based on his novel. Koenig died of natural causes in

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, on June 30, 2023, at the age of 95.

Novels

* ''The Children are Watching'' (w. Peter L. Dixon) (Ballantine, 1970) (filmed as '' Attention, The Kids Are Watching'', 1978) * '' The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' (Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1974) (filmed 1976) * ''Islands'' (Dell, 1980) * ''The Neighbor'' (Avon, 1978) (filmed as '' Killing 'em Softly'', 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

* ''

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'' (w. William Redlin), 1966 * '' Flipper'' (TV series), episodes, 1966–1967 * '' The High Chaparral'' (TV series), episodes, 1970 * '' Red Sun'' . Dene Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman 1971 * '' The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', 1976 (from own novel) * ''

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'', 1979 (from Sidney Sheldon novel) * '' Inchon'' (w. Robin Moore), 1981 (from story by Moore and Paul Savage) * ''Rockabye'', 1986 (from own novel) * ''Stillwatch'' (w. David E. Peckinpah), 1987 (from Mary Higgins Clark novel) * ''The Fulfilment of Mary Gray'', 1989 (from LaVyrle Spencer novel) * '' Tennessee Nights'', 1989 (from Hans Werner Kettenbach novel) * ''Lady Against the Odds'' . Bruce Murkoff 1992 rom Rex Stout novel, The Hand in the Glove">Rex_Stout.html" ;"title="rom Rex Stout">rom Rex Stout novel, The Hand in the Glove

Awards and nominations

Adaptations

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koenig, Laird 1927 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters American television writers American male television writers Writers from Seattle American male dramatists and playwrights Novelists from Washington (state) Screenwriters from Washington (state)