Clair Huffaker

Clair Huffaker (September 26, 1926 – April 3, 1990) was an American screenwriter and author of westerns and other fiction, many of which were turned into films. Born in Magna, Utah, Huffaker wrote of his childhood in One Time I Saw Morning Come Home. He attended Princeton and Columbia universities and the Sorbonne in Paris. He served in the United States Navy in World War II and then studied in Europe before returning to America. After the war, he worked in Chicago as an assistant editor for Time before turning to fiction.