Mario Puzo

The Profile

Mario Puzo (1920–1999) was an American author best known for writing The Godfather.

Born October 15, 1920; died July 2, 1999. First novel The Dark Arena (1955). Author of The Godfather (published 1969). Co-winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Godfather (with Francis Ford Coppola).

Reviewer Boop07 praises Mario Puzo's The Godfather for bringing characters and historical periods vividly to life. The review compares book and films, notes omitted chapters and different scene treatments, and finds both novel and films "perfect." It remarks on how readers picture actors in the book's character descriptions.