What is William Peter Blatty?
{{Infobox person | caption = William Peter Blatty inside of his home office in 2009 | name = William Peter Blatty | image =William-Peter-Blatty-2009.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|7}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|1|12|1928|1|7}} | death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], [[Maryland]], United States | death_cause = [[Multiple myeloma]] | occupation = Novelist, screenwriter, film director | alma_mater = [[Georgetown University]]<ref name=TWP/> }} '''William Peter Blatty''' (January 7, 1928 &ndash; January 12, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] writer, screenwriter, and movie director.<ref name=TWP>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/william-peter-blatty-writer-of-the-exorcist-slips-back-into-the-light-for-its-40th-anniversary/2013/10/30/e8c85900-3fda-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_print.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|title=William Peter Blatty, writer of 'The Exorcist,' slips back into the light for its 40th anniversary|first=Dan|last=Zak|date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> The novel ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'', written in 1971,<ref name=TWP/> is his most well-known novel. He was the screenwriter of the [[The Exorcist (movie)|movie adaptation]]. He won an [[Academy Award]] for it. He also wrote and directed the third movie of the trilogy, ''[[The Exorcist III]].''<ref name=TWP/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.theninthconfiguration.com TheNinthConfiguration.com – A website dedicated to William Peter Blatty, The Ninth Configuration & Legion] *[http://captainhowdy.com The Exorcist Fansite] *[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/blatty.htm More about Blatty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231063853/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/blatty.htm |date=2008-12-31 }} *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/William_Peter_Blatty.htm Blatty's Bibliography ] *{{IMDb name|id=0087861|name=William Peter Blatty}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blatty, William Peter}} [[Category:Academy Aw