Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo (October 15, 1920 - July 2, 1999) was born in "Hell's Kitchen", New York.

His first book, Dark Arena[?] was published in 1955.

His most famous work The Godfather was first published in 1969. It was developed into a trilogy of films co-written with Francis Ford Coppola, the first of which appeared in 1972.