In Memory: William Peter Blatty
H ello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! When an author dies a reader feels that some part of them also passes. Whether it is because the reader may never experience a new story or novel from their favorite author. Or because the author may have had a great impact on how they live their life. For many, it can be the memory of cracking open that latest novel that may give them a shiver of happy memories. In 2023 many great people have passed that have worked in the book industry or the film industry who brought those books to life (including William Friedkin). In 2017 we lost the author of the author of The Exorcist. When I discovered that William Peter Blatty had passed away at the age of 89. I sat for a moment and processed this information. The Exorcist will always be my all-time favorite novel. I have ...