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Dirk Wittenborn (born 1952[1] in New Haven, Connecticut[2]) is an American screenwriter and novelist.

Dirk Wittenborn
Born	1952 (age 69–70) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter and novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Period	1980–present
Notable works	Pharmakon (2008) Fierce People (2002)
Spouse	Kirsten Wittenborn
Children	Lilo Wittenborn

Biography

Wittenborn was born into a family of scientists. He has two older sisters and an older brother. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and started writing in the early 1980s while working at Saturday Night Live. Wittenborn is married and has a child, Lilo Wittenborn. His nephew is James Wittenborn "Jamie" Johnson, a film director, with whom he produced the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Born Rich.

Works

Fiction

• Pharmakon (2008)
• Fierce People (2002), cinematized in 2005 under the same name.
• Zoë (1983) (republished 2004 as Catwalk)
• Eclipse (1980)

Nonfiction

• "The Social Climber's Bible" (2014)
• Bongo Europa (2006)

Film

• The Lucky Ones (2008)
• Fierce People (2005)
• Born Rich (2003) (producer)

References

External links

• Official website
• Brooklyn Heights
• Dirk Wittenborn: a history of brain candy - and why it brought my father nothing but misery
• One Pill Makes You Happy, and One Pill Makes You Mad

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