Richard Matheson was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, born on 20 February 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey, and died on 23 June 2013 in Calabasas, California. His novels include I Am Legend (1954), The Shrinking Man (1956), Hell House (1971), Bid Time Return (1975, filmed as Somewhere in Time) and What Dreams May Come (1978). A prolific short story writer and screenwriter, he wrote episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", and the story and script of Steven Spielberg's Duel. He also wrote westerns such as Journal of the Gun Years.
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Richard Matheson was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, born on 20 February 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey, and died on 23 June 2013 in Calabasas, California. His novels include I Am Legend (1954), The Shrinking Man (1956), Hell House (1971), Bid Time Return (1975, filmed as Somewhere in Time) and What Dreams May Come (1978). A prolific short story writer and screenwriter, he wrote episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", and the story and script of Steven Spielberg's Duel. He also wrote westerns such as Journal of the Gun Years.
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