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A New York Times Bestseller! For those who have lost a loved one to that liar and fraud named Death. So reads the dedication of William Peter Blattys Finding Peter, a deeply moving memoir that tests the bounds of grief, love, and the soul. Blatty, the bestselling author and Oscar Awardwinning screenwriter of The Exorcist, lived a charmed life among the elite stars of Hollywood. His son Peter, born over a decade after The Exorcist, grew from an apple-cheeked boy into an imposing young man with a quick, warm smile. But when Peter died very suddenly from a rare disorder, Blattys world turned upside down. As he and his wife struggled through their unrelenting grief, a series of strange and supernatural events began occurringand Blatty became convinced that Peter was sending messages from the afterlife.



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William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty is the bestselling author of The Exorcist, which he turned into an Academy Award-winning screenplay. The son of immigrant parents, he was a comic novelist before embarking on a four decade career as a Hollywood writer, penning the screenplays for A Shot in the Dark, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? , the Julie Andrews romantic comedy Darling Lili, and The Ninth Configuration (which he also directed) , among many other films. A graduate of Georgetown University, he lives with his wife, Julie, in Bethesda, Maryland.



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