William Peter Blatty is a caucasian, Roman Catholic, American author and filmmaker born on January 7, 1928. And would you believe he's still alive and kicking! He is most known for his novel and his part in making the movie
The Exorcist. He is married and had six children (three boys and three girls). He got his education at
Georgetown University. He has written many books. A couple of other notable novels are
Legion (1983) and
I, Billy Shakespeare (1969). You can find out more about Blatty
here. You can also learn neat trivia and Blatty's role in the production of the movie
here. Blatty and his books can also be found on
Goodreads.com
Here is a list of words that didn't make the cut. They didn't make it because I could gather what they meant from context, I just liked the word, or there was a pretty good chance I would come across these again in other books. There are 49 of them after the jump.
