{"title":"Earl Hamner","description":"\u003cp\u003eEARL HAMNER JR. was an American writer and television producer who created The Waltons, the semiautobiographical series that ran from 1972 to 1981, and the 1980s primetime drama Falcon Crest. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSpencer’s Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, adapted into a film starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara, and wrote the screenplay for the 1973 animated film \u003cem\u003eCharlotte’s Web\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamner won an Emmy for his work on The Waltons, where he served as creator, executive producer, and narrator. The University of Cincinnati awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore television, Hamner worked as a radio writer for NBC, later writing scripts for The Twilight Zone. His career encompassed fiction, screenwriting, and long-form television across several decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamner was born in Schuyler, Virginia, in 1923 and died on March 24, 2016, in Los Angeles at age 92.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl Hamner’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-avocado-drive-zoo","title":"The Avocado Drive Zoo: At Home with My Family and the Creatures We've Loved","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Avocado Drive Zoo\u003c\/em\u003e is a warm and personal, yet humorous, recounting of how the members of the Hamner family have lived with and loved the animals in their lives. By the time they moved to Hollywood and settled into a lovely residence on Avocado Drive, their home was virtually a zoo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1620454947\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781620454947\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Earl Hamner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233309917400,"sku":"9781620454947","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233309950168,"sku":"9781630262754","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581820201_FChigh_1_mockup_v2_1740146452_3a18b975-6991-4ae7-bc23-ea7cd01dda64.jpg?v=1791017908"},{"product_id":"the-twilight-zone-scripts-of-earl-hamner","title":"The Twilight Zone Scripts of Earl Hamner","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe Twilight Zone has evolved from a groundbreaking speculative television series into a cultural phenomenon. The recently revived series on FOX averaged 4.6 million viewers on its first episode. Indeed, the title itself conjures up thoughts of fantastic stories that bridge several forms of fiction to create a unique genre of morality tales with a touch of irony, unlimited by the boundaries of conventional fiction. Broadcast from 1959 to 1964, the show has run ever since in syndication, making it one of the longest running television shows of all time, creating a new genre of shows similar to the X-Files and Twin Peaks.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFive writers created the core of the show, and together these men fashioned the bulk of the 156 original episodes: Rod Serling, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, George Clayton Johnson, and Earl Hamner. All went on to other projects in film, television, theater, and print, but their involvement in the Twilight Zone is well known to fans of the series. The Twilight Zone Scripts of Earl Hamner contains reprints of the eight episodes written by Hamner, along with Albarella's commentary on each story: \"The Hunt\", \"A Piano in the House,\" \"Jess-Belle,\" \"Ring-a-Ding Girl,\" \"You Drive,\" \"Black Leather Jackets,\" \"Stopover in a Quiet Town,\" and \"The Bewitchin' Pool.\" Also included is a \"lost\" Twilight Zone short story by Mr. Hamner and an interview with Albarella that covers the background details of how Hamner became involved in the series.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581823304\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581823301\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Earl Hamner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233318404312,"sku":"9781581823301","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/TwilightZoneScriptsHighres_mockup_v2_1738717785_e7dd74f9-f8e9-4c3e-81aa-bfec11056d8d.jpg?v=1791021602"},{"product_id":"generous-women","title":"Generous Women: An Appreciation","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"Generous Women' is about the women who have given so much of themselves to the man I am today,\" writes Earl Hamner. This fond appreciation is a warm thank-you for gifts freely given and a reminder that, truly, no man is an island unto himself.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/168442495X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684424955\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Earl Hamner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236419272920,"sku":"9781581825534","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43236419305688,"sku":"9781684424955","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581825534_FChigh_mockup_v2_1738793963_180b834d-6f68-4eb6-9d85-83b586b648e8.jpg?v=1791024255"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-earl-hamner.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}