Karl Alexander (August 23, 1938 – March 30, 2015) was an American fiction writer.

Life

Born and raised in

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, he was the son and nephew of screenwriters—his father, William Tunberg, wrote the screenplay for ''

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'', and his uncle,

Karl Tunberg Karl Tunberg (March 11, 1907 − April 3, 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. His screenplays for ''Tall, Dark and Handsome'' (1941) and '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original S ...

, wrote the screenplay for ''

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''—and worked on a number of films himself. Alexander's first novel '' Time After Time'' was published by in 1979. It was adapted as a successful 1979 film of the same title, as a musical in 2010, and as a television series to premiere in the fall of 2016. He became internationally known for his role in the film ''le Fou 4'' in 2004. ''Jaclyn the Ripper'', Alexander's sequel to ''Time After Time'', was published in 2009. Alexander died on March 30, 2015, in

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Published books

*'' Time After Time'' (1979) *''A Private Investigation'' (1980) *''Jaclyn the Ripper'' (2009) – sequel to ''Time After Time'' *''Papa and Fidel: A Novel'' (2010) *''Time-Crossed Lovers'' (2012)

References

External links

Official website
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