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Robert J. Avrech

Robert J. Avrech is a screenwriter and producer in Hollywood. Among his best-known films is the classic thriller Body Double, directed by Brian DePalma. His script for the timeless Hasidic fable, A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Melanie Griffith, was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Mr. Avrech won the Best Screenplay Emmy Award for his adaptation of the young adult classic The Devil's Arithmetic. The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden is his first novel. He will soon produce this book as a major motion picture.