Aaron Edward Hotchner, (June 28, 1920- ) is an American editor, novelist, playwright and biographer. He was born in St. Louis and attended Soldan High School. He graduated from Washington University Law School in 1940, practiced law briefly, then served as a military journalist. Hotchner is best known for Papa Hemingway, his 1966 biography of close friend Ernest Hemingway, whose work he had adapted for plays and TV. King of the Hill, A. E. Hotchner's evocative memoir about growing up in St. Louis during the Great Depression, was captured on film in 1993. He earned admiration for giving all profits from a joint food venture with actor Paul Newman to support the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and other charities. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Washington University in St. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... King of the Hill was a 1993 film, Steven Soderberghs third feature film, and the second he directed from his own screenplay following his 1989 Palme dOr-winning effort sex, lies, and videotape. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director who is also known for his food products that are used to fund several charities. ... Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a residential summer camp for seriously ill children located between Ashford and Eastford in 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 0060119640)
• Looking for Miracles : a memoir about loving (Harper & Row, 1975, ISBN 0060119659)
• Doris Day, Her Own Story (G.K. Hall, 1976, ISBN 081616391X)
• Sophia, Living and Loving : Her Own Story (Morrow, 1979, ISBN 0688034284)
• The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (Putnam, 1981, ISBN 0399126511)
• Papa Hemingway : The Ecstasy and Sorrow (Morrow, 1983, ISBN 0688020410)
• Choice People : The Greats, Near-Greats, and Ingrates I Have Known (Morrow, 1984, ISBN 0688022154)
• Hemingway and His World (Vendome, 1989, ISBN 0865651159)
• Blown away : The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties (Simon & Shuster, 1990, ISBN 0671693166)
• Louisiana Purchase (Carroll & Graf, 1996, ISBN 0786703091)
• The Day I Fired Alan Ladd and Other World War II Adventures (U. of Missouri Press, 2002, ISBN 0826214320)
• Everyone Comes to Elaine’s (Harper Entertainment, 2004, ISBN 006053818X)

External links and references

• 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
• 1984 RealAudio interview with A. E. Hotchner by Don Swaim
• 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).