William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg[1][2] (February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017) was an American novelist and screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay of the film Legend.
[5][6][7] Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother.
He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
[2][8][5] His fifth book, "Falling Angel" published in 1978 was later turned into a 1987 movie called "Angel Heart" starring Mickey Rourke as the main character and Robert DeNiro and Lisa Bonet in supporting roles.
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