20. Cited text provided by Stepping Stones Foundation Archives.
21. Wilson, personal conversations.
22. Anonymous Al-Anon friend, taped interviews.
23. Wing, interview.
24. Anonymous Al-Anon friend, taped interviews.
25. Wing, interview.
26. These are comments that Lois Wilson frequently shared in her Al-Anon talks.
27. Lois Remembers, 168.
28. Ibid.
About the Author
WILLIAM BORCHERT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY IN 1989 for writing the highly acclaimed Warner Brothers/Hallmark Hall of Fame movie My Name Is Bill W., which starred James Garner, James Woods, and JoBeth Williams. The film was based on material gathered from personal interviews and in-depth research.
Borchert began his career as a journalist, working first as a reporter for one of New York City’s largest daily newspapers and also for a major media wire service. Later, as a byline feature writer, he covered many of the nation’s most important news stories—from Governor George Wallace barring the doors of the University of Alabama against black students to the U.S.-Russian space race to the last victim of Sing Sing prison’s electric chair.
After writing for a national magazine and creating syndicated shows for radio, Borchert became a partner at Artists Entertainment Complex, a new independent film and talent management company that went on to produce a number of box office hits. These included Kansas City Bomber starring Raquel Welch, Serpico starring Al Pacino, and Dog Day Afternoon also starring Al Pacino.
A member of the Writers Guild of America and a director of the Stepping Stones Foundation, Borchert continues his active writing career with several other important film and book projects currently in develop-ment. While he and his wife, Bernadette, have an apartment in New York, they reside much of the year in their lovely home in Little River, South Carolina, where they are frequently visited by their nine children and twenty-three grandchildren.
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