Herman Raucher

Herman Raucher(born April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who has written several novels and screenplays, among them Summer of '42 and The Great Santini. His first and only marriage was to Broadway dancer Mary Kathryn Raucher, from 1960 until her death in 2002; they had two daughters.

Bibliography/Filmography

Autobiographical works

• Summer of '42 (novel and screenplay)
• Class of '44 (screenplay)
• There Should have been Castles (novel)

Non Autobiographical Works

• Studio One (television series)
• Goodyear Television Playhouse (television series)
• The Alcoa Hour (television series, episodes "Finkle's Comet" and "The Magic Horn")
• Sweet November (screenplay)
• Follow that Dream (first draft of screenplay; also, play adaptation, "Pioneer, Go Home!"; uncredited)
• Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (screenplay)
• Watermelon Man (novel and screenplay)
• A Glimpse of Tiger (novel)
• Remember When (screenplay)
• Ode to Billy Joe (novel and screenplay)
• The Other Side of Midnight (screenplay)
• The Great Santini (screenplay, with Lewis John Carlino; uncredited)
• Maynard's House (novel)
• Sublime Amor Juvenile (novel)