Aaron Edward Hotchner, (born June 28, 1920) is an American editor, novelist, playwright and biographer who has partnered with Paul Newman for Newman's Own line of products.
He was born in St. Louis and attended Soldan High School. Hotchner graduated from Washington University Law School in 1941, practiced law briefly, then served in the Air Force as a military journalist. After his stint in the armed forces, Hotchner met Ernest Hemingway, and the two spent the next 14 years as close friends. Hotchner is best known for Papa Hemingway, his 1966 biography of Ernest Hemingway, whose work he had adapted for plays and television.
He has earned admiration for giving all profits from a number of ventures with actor Paul Newman (including co-authorship of a cookbook, as well as musical benefits) to support the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and other charities.
King of the Hill is A. E. Hotchner's evocative memoir about growing up in St. Louis during the Great Depression. The book is his point of view as a child growing up in a scary and dangerous world, including events such as when five steers ran loose on the streets. It was made into a movie in 1993, the screenplay written and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Hotchner lives in Westport, Connecticut.
Partial Bibliography
The Dangerous American (Random House, 1958)
Papa Hemingway (Random House, 1966)
Treasure (Random House, 1970)
King of the Hill (Harper & Rowe, 1973, ISBN 0-06-011964-0)
Looking for Miracles: a memoir about loving (Harper & Row, 1975, ISBN 0-06-011965-9)
Doris Day, Her Own Story (G.K. Hall, 1976, ISBN 0-8161-6391-X)
Sophia, Living and Loving : Her Own Story (Morrow, 1979, ISBN 0-688-03428-4)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (Putnam, 1981, ISBN 0-399-12651-1)
Papa Hemingway : The Ecstasy and Sorrow (Morrow, 1983, ISBN 0-688-02041-0)
Choice People : The Greats, Near-Greats, and Ingrates I Have Known (Morrow, 1984, ISBN 0-688-02215-4)
Hemingway and His World (Vendome, 1989, ISBN 0-86565-115-9)
Blown away : The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties (Simon & Shuster, 1990, ISBN 0-671-69316-6)
Louisiana Purchase (Carroll & Graf, 1996, ISBN 0-7867-0309-1)
The Day I Fired Alan Ladd and Other World War II Adventures (U. of Missouri Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8262-1432-0)
Everyone Comes to Elaine’s (Harper Entertainment, 2004, ISBN 0-06-053818-X)
References
^ a b Web page titled "A.E. Hotchner" at "HarperCollins Web site, accessed July 29, 2007
^ CHRONICLE - New York Times
External links
A.E. Hotchner at the Internet Movie Database
Short bio at Washington University
Another short bio at Washington University
Bio at St. Louis Walk of Fame
Short Bio from Bookbrowse
1984 RealAudio interview with A. E. Hotchner by Don Swaim at Wired for Books.
Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good: the Madcap Business Adventure of the Truly Oddest Couple (Random House, 2003, ISBN 0-385-51159-0).
King of the Hill (movie review by Richard Harrington), Washington Post, September 10, 1993
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