Newton Thornburg
Newton Thornburg was an American novelist and screenwriter.Early life
Born in Harvey, Illinois, Thornburg graduated from the University of Iowa with a Fine Arts degree. He worked in a variety of jobs before devoting himself to writing full-time in 1973.Writing
His 1976 novel Cutter and Bone was filmed in 1981 as Cutter's Way. The New York Times called Cutter and Bone "the best novel of its kind for ten years." Another novel, Beautiful Kate, was filmed in Australia in 2009 and starred Bryan Brown and Ben Mendelsohn. It was directed by Rachel Ward, who is Bryan Brown's real-life wife.Personal life
Thornburg died on May 9, 2011, a few days shy of his 82nd birthday.
