# Peter Prince

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British novelist

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**Peter Prince** (born 10 May 1942)[1] is a British [novelist](/source/Novelist). He was born in England and studied in America. His first novel *Play Things* won the [Somerset Maugham Award](/source/Somerset_Maugham_Award) in 1973.[2] He was nominated for an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award) for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for his work on the 1980 [BBC](/source/BBC) miniseries *[Oppenheimer](/source/Oppenheimer_(TV_series))*. His 1983 novel *The Good Father* was adapted into a [1985 film of the same name](/source/The_Good_Father) starring [Anthony Hopkins](/source/Anthony_Hopkins).[3] His latest novel *Adam Runaway* was published in 2005.

## Bibliography

- *Play Things* (1972), novel

- *Oppenheimer* (1980), teleplay

- *The Good Father* (1983), novel

- *The Great Circle* (1997), novel

- *Adam Runaway* (2005), novel

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Weekend birthdays", *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, p. 52, 10 May 2014

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "[The Somerset Maugham Awards Past Winners](http://www.societyofauthors.org/somerset-maugham-past-winners) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160626045958/http://www.societyofauthors.org/somerset-maugham-past-winners) 2016-06-26 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)", The Society of Authors, retrieved 2011-07-12

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rosenfeld_3-0)** Rosenfeld, Megan (1987) "Father,' Deeply Felt; Hopkins Shines in a Tale of Divorce", *[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)*, 13 March 1987, p. B01

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