{{short description|Scottish novelist}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} '''Chapman Mortimer''' was the pen name of '''William Charles ("W. C.") Chapman Mortimer''' (15 May 1907<ref>GRO, Scotland</ref> – 1988<ref>Swedish Records Office</ref>), a Scottish novelist. He won the James Tait Black Award for fiction in 1951 for his novel ''Father Goose''.<ref>[http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/jtbwins.htm James Tait Black Memorial Prizewinners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115000000/http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/jtbwins.htm |date=15 January 2007 }}</ref> He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1967 John Huston film ''Reflections in a Golden Eye''.<ref>{{cite web|website=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reflections-in-a-golden-eye-1967|title=Reflections in a Golden Eye|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=October 17, 1967|accessdate=December 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Works== * ''A Stranger on the Stair'' (novel) (1950) * ''Father Goose'' (novel) (1951) * ''Young Men Waiting'' (novel) (1952) * ''Mediterraneo'' (novel) (1955) * ''Here in Spain'' (travel) (1955) * ''Madrigal'' (novel) (1960) * ''Amparo'' (novel) (1971)
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