American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Laird Philip Koenig was born on September 24, 1928, in Seattle, Washington, to Rowland Koenig and Betty Koenig. Laird had one brother, Quentin. Koenig attended the University of Washington, worked in advertising in New York City, and moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where he began his literary career […]
Laird Koenig, who adapted his novel for the screenplay to the film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster, has died. He was 95.