William Goldman - Personal Life

Personal Life

He was married to Ilene Jones from 1961 until their divorce in 1991; the couple have two daughters.

In an Internet chat hosted by CNN, Goldman said that his favorite writers are Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Somerset Maugham, Irwin Shaw, and Leo Tolstoy.

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