William F. Nolan
Co-author of Logan's Run, from the circle of writers around The Twilight Zone.
William F. Nolan (1928–2021) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime fiction, best known for co-writing the novel Logan's Run with George Clayton Johnson. He also co-wrote the screenplay of the 1976 horror film Burnt Offerings.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- William Francis Nolan
- Born
- 6 March 1928
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
- Died
- 15 July 2021
- Place of death
- Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Years active
- 1952–2021
- Genre
- Science fiction
- magical realism
- fantasy
- literary
- western
- horror
Facts from the source article.
Background
He was a friend of Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont, and belonged to a group of Southern California writers, many of whom wrote for The Twilight Zone. He appears as himself in the 2010 documentary Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man. No Twilight Zone writing credit is recorded for him.
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