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 1969
  • The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997,

    Screenplays

  • The Cat, 1966
  • Flipper, episodes, 1966–1967
  • The High Chaparral, episodes, 1970
  • Red Sun , 1971
  • The 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 , 1992

    Awards and nominations

Adaptations

  • for "Intrigues", 1985