Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia.

Puzo was born into a family of Sicilian immigrants living in the "Hell's Kitchen" neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Many of his books draw heavily on this heritage. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and was stationed in Asia and Germany. His first book, The Dark Arena was published in 1955.

His most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in 1969 after hearing anecdotes of Mafia organizations during his time in pulp journalism.

The Godfather was later developed into a trilogy of popular and highly acclaimed films directed by Francis Ford Coppola released in 1972, 1974 and 1990. In addition to co-writing the screenplay with Coppola, Puzo was also involved with writing the disaster film Earthquake and 1978's Superman: The Movie.

Puzo has never seen his last book Omertà published but the manuscript has been finished and thus it became his last work.

Contents 1 Complete List of Books 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Nonfiction 2 See also 3 External links

Complete List of Books

Fiction

• The Dark Arena (1955)
• The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965)
• The Godfather (1969)
• Fools Die (1978)
• The Sicilian (1984)
• The Fourth K (1990)
• The Last Don (1996)
• Omertà (2000)
• The Family (2001)

• The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw (children's book) (1966)

Nonfiction

• The Godfather Papers & Other Confessions (1972)
• Inside Las Vegas (1977)

See also

• List of bestselling novels in the United States

External links

• FreshAir Interview - Audio interview from Fresh Air. Originally broadcast July 25, 1996
• Mario Puzo at the Internet Movie Database
• Mario Puzo biography
• The Official Mario Puzo Library

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