A.E. HOTCHNER (1917-2020) was a life-long writer. In his seven decade career, he produced novels, plays, teleplays, biographies and memoirs. His numerous books include his 1966 internationally bestselling biography of his close friend Ernest Hemingway, Papa Hemingway. His books The Man Who Lived at the Ritz and Looking for Miracles were adapted into TV films, and his memoir, King of the Hill, was adapted into a film in 1993 by Steven Soderbergh.
In addition to his writing career, Hotchner is co-founder, along with Paul Newman, of Newman's Own foods and the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. He lived in Connecticut with his wife, Virginia.
