About Jeff Andrus
Lived 1947 – 2011 (aged 64). Jeff Andrus was an American screenwriter, novelist and writer.
Jeffery Hughes "Jeff" Andrus (; March 19, 1947 – March 27, 2011) was an American author, best known for having written The Proverb, adapting Pope John Paul II's 1960 play The Jeweler's Shop, Doc (1971), As Summers Die, and the Tracer Family mystery fiction series. Additionally, Andrus wrote and made a cameo appearance in the 2004 Award-Winning short film The Proverb along with Scott Waara and Nancy Stafford.
Andrus was born in King City, California and graduated from Stanford University in 1970 with a degree in English. He married Gwyneth in about 1969. Andrus died on March 27, 2011, of congestive heart failure.
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American novelist (1947-2011)
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Jeff Andrus was born on 19 March 1947 in King City.
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Jeff Andrus died on 27 March 2011.
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Jeff Andrus was a screenwriter, novelist and writer.
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