This Academy Award-winning author and screenwriter is best known for his 1969 novel about the Mafia which he later co-adapted into a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- James Ellroy
- Salvatore Quasimodo
- Mario Puzo
- Tony Ardizzone
Answer
The correct answer is C) Mario Puzo.
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