Robert J. Avrech

Robert J. Avrech is an American screenwriter whose works include the 1984 film ''Body Double'' (with Brian De Palma) and ''A Stranger Among Us'' (1992). He won an Emmy Award for his screenplay ''The Devil's Arithmetic'', based on the young adult novel by Jane Yolen.

He is also the author of the children's novel ''The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden'', and the memoir ''How I Married Karen'', and publishes personal and political writings on his blog, Seraphic Press. Provided by Wikipedia