William Peter Blatty was one of the many notable people ... up on amphetamines so he had to sleep less writing "The Exorcist." The book went to the publisher. It came out. It hit bookstore shelves ...

One reason “The Exorcist” has endured, Blatty thinks ... that an esteemed book critic once wrote that "Nobody can write funnier lines than William Peter Blatty." ...

Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty ... the bestselling novel and Oscar-winning movie “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 89. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., ...

NEW YORK – Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty ... best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie "The Exorcist," has died. He was 89. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda ...

William Peter Blatty, the author of "The Exorcist," has died. He was 89. Blatty's widow, Julie, says her husband died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. She says the cause of death was ...

William Peter Blatty has died at the age of 89. He wrote "The Exorcist" and a number of other books, but knew he'd be remembered as the author of that 1971 novel about a little girl possessed by ...

William Peter Blatty ... while speaking to the Los Angeles Times for *The Exorcist’*s 40th anniversary, Blatty remembered how the book actually sold poorly and did not interest Hollywood ...

his widow, Julie Alicia Blatty, told the Associated Press The man behind The Exorcist, author and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, has died at 89. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital near his home ...

William Peter Blatty, the novelist and Oscar-winning ... and he adapted the book into the film "The Exorcist III," which he also directed and produced. "Exorcist III" drew fairly positive reviews ...

William Peter Blatty, author and now producer of the Warner Bros. film version of his best-selling novel "The Exorcist," is shown ... originally acquired by Bantam Books for a reported $250,000.