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Peter Prince

Peter Prince is a British novelist. He was born in England and studied in America. His first novel Play Things won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1973. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for his work on the 1980 BBC miniseries Oppenheimer. His 1983 novel The Good Father was adapted into a 1985 film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins. His latest novel Adam Runaway was published in 2005.

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Peter Prince (born 10 May 1942)1 is a British novelist. He was born in England and studied in America. His first novel Play Things won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1973.2 He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for his work on the 1980 BBC miniseries Oppenheimer. His 1983 novel The Good Father was adapted into a 1985 film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins.3 His latest novel Adam Runaway was published in 2005.

Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Play Things (1972), novel
  • Oppenheimer (1980), teleplay
  • The Good Father (1983), novel
  • The Great Circle (1997), novel
  • Adam Runaway (2005), novel
References

References

  1. "Weekend birthdays", The Guardian, p. 52, 10 May 2014
  2. "The Somerset Maugham Awards Past Winners Archived 2016-06-26 at the Wayback Machine", The Society of Authors, retrieved 2011-07-12
  3. Rosenfeld, Megan (1987) "Father,' Deeply Felt; Hopkins Shines in a Tale of Divorce", Washington Post, 13 March 1987, p. B01