![Book cover for Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/12b161d41ff16fdfddb617fcfab7388c.jpg?itok=DgID_WFJ)
William Goldman—Best Original Screenplay, 1969 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and Best Adapted Screenplay, 1976 (All the President’s Men)
![Book cover for Between flops : a biography of Preston Sturges](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/68849256d8eba9d1eb020bdbb4295380.jpg?itok=aPeCLIgl)
Preston Sturges—Best Original Screenplay, 1941 for The Great McGinty
![Book cover for The brothers Grim : the films of Ethan and Joel Coen](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/07dd8ffd8b5dc82db746bc14e29f2c1c.jpg?itok=8G1Xc06D)
Joel & Ethan Coen—Best Original Screenplay, 1996 (Fargo) and Best Adapted Screenplay, 2007 (No Country for Old Men)
![Book cover for A child of the century](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/840225aa67d7b80d7604a9cf5e926ed5.jpg?itok=iEBIijcf)
Ben Hecht—Best Original Story, 1927 (Underworld) and Best Original Screenplay, 1935 (The Scoundrel)
![Book cover for Conversations with Wilder](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/adc96d9225cc660821820bc230dae582.jpg?itok=wBFz1vL8)
Billy Wilder—Best Original Screenplay, 1945 (The Lost Weekend), 1950 (Sunset Boulevard) and 1960 (The Apartment)
![Book cover for Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/7da6dee917ed4323e856248e766df359.jpg?itok=j9YX9sKt)
Muriel & Sydney Box--Best Original Screenplay, 1946 for The Seventh Veil.
![Book cover for In Capra's shadow : the life and career of screenwriter Robert Riskin](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/48146a91eae513245dcdd629c2e5b5d2.jpg?itok=4Dys1mYC)
Robert Riskin--Best Adapted Screenplay, 1934 for It Happened One Night.
![Book cover for It's good to be the king : the seriously funny life of Mel Brooks](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/661b399b5afb1a85432718eb980446f1.jpg?itok=36OQQDds)
Mel Brooks—Best Original Screenplay, 1968 for The Producers
![Book cover for It's the pictures that got small : Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/70e902ccf749069268220931705a1f7c.jpg?itok=85vjxfsh)
Charles Brackett--Best Adapted Screenplay, 1945 for The Lost Weekend; Best Story and Screenplay: 1951 for Sunset Boulevard; 1953 for Titanic;
![Book cover for The lion that lost its way and other cautionary tales of the show business jungle](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/68636d61c81b0813f5cbb219ef52fc15.jpg?itok=z-unMd4A)
Muriel & Sydney Box--Best Original Screenplay, 1946 for The Seventh Veil.
![Book cover for Mank : the wit, world, and life of Herman Mankiewicz](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/d595db778b26ac8649f1bd1d7a48fd36.jpg?itok=wcWnnjyF)
Herman Mankiewicz—Best Original Screenplay, 1941 for Citizen Kane
![Book cover for Moving pictures, memories of a Hollywood prince](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/907215bedffe56bc7af5dc4fa4eddcb0.jpg?itok=RebHu8Ay)
Budd Schulberg—Best Original Screenplay, 1954 for On the Waterfront
![Book cover for Orson Welles : interviews](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/2ebaba41956f95ac3275aa1622dc274d.jpg?itok=05yZ6bnp)
Orson Welles--Best Original Screenplay, 1942 for Citizen Kane.
![Book cover for The other side of me](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/ce59c302258eff8c4082fcde17a677cb.jpg?itok=GYSRs1dq)
Sidney Sheldon--Best Original Screenplay, 1947 for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.
![Book cover for Ring : a biography of Ring Lardner](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/307c9eee1e62a1148ad14dc7be9c10da.jpg?itok=H5zfml0N)
Ring Lardner--Best Original Screenplay (with Michael Kanin), 1942 for Woman of the Year.
![Book cover for The Sense and sensibility : screenplay & diaries : bringing Jane Austen's novel to film](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/2c8df540088aa89beb9f3a49e4b8d7c3.jpg?itok=rEyVMDsF)
Emma Thompson—Best Adapted Screenplay, 1995 for Sense and Sensibility
![Book cover for The street where I live : a memoir](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/9a08c0b7dec7b2cfa386dc73bd433576.jpg?itok=SMefbKU2)
Alan Jay Lerner--Best Original Screenplay, 1951 for An American in Paris.
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T. E. B. Clarke--Best Story and Original Screenplay, 1952 for The Lavender Hill Mob.
![Book cover for Without lying down : Frances Marion and the powerful women of early Hollywood](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/54173210bf15762c49c2cc5e693daa76.jpg?itok=Mz7M6lr5)
Frances Marion—Best Adapted Screenplay, 1930 (The Big House) and Best Story, 1931 (The Champ)