Blatty, William Peter

William Peter Blatty is best known for his mega-bestselling novel "The Exorcist". Blatty also cowrote the screenplay of the hilarious Inspector Clouseau film, "A Shot in the Dark. "Known for his early comic novels, the "New York Times "proclaimed that "nobody can write funnier lines than William Peter Blatty," describing him as "a gifted virtuoso who writes like S. J. Perelman." Blatty lives with his wife and a son in Maryland.