Laird Koenig
Laird Philip Koenig was an American author and screenwriter. His best-known work was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on his novel.
Koenig died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, California, on June 30, 2023, at the age of 95.
Novels
The Children are Watching The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Islands The Neighbor The Disciple Rockabye The Sea Wife Rising Sun- ''Morning Sun : The Story of Madam Butterfly's Boy''
Plays
The Dozens. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1969The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997,Screenplays
The Cat, 1966Flipper, episodes, 1966–1967The High Chaparral, episodes, 1970Red Sun, 1971The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, 1976 Bloodline, 1979 Inchon, 1981 Rockabye, 1986 Stillwatch, 1987 The Fulfilment of Mary Gray, 1989 Tennessee Nights, 1989 Lady Against the Odds, 1992Adaptations
- for "Intrigues", 1985