Kenneth Ross screenwrote "The Day of the Jackal" based on which author's 1971 novel?
Kenneth Ross (screenwriter) Kenneth Ross is the Scottish-American screenwriter of the films "The Day of the Jackal" and "The Odessa File".
Jack of Shadows Jack of Shadows is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. According to him, the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to Jack Vance. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work. Zelazny wrote it in first draft, with no rewrites. The novel was serialized in the " Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" in 1971 and published in book form that same year. It was nominated for a 1972 Hugo Award and finished #4 in the 1972 Locus Poll for Best Novel.