
Earl Hamner Jr.
Author · 9 books
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (born July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia), was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he was best known for Spencer’s Mountain, which was inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voiceover narration.
Books

The Twilight Zone Scripts of Earl Hamner
2003

Goodnight John-Boy
2002

The Homecoming
1970

Spencer's Mountain
1961

Twilight Zone
19 original tales on the 50th anniversary
2009

You Can't Get There from Here
1965

The Avocado Drive Zoo
At Home With My Family and the Creatures We've Loved
1999

Fifty Roads to Town
1953

Lassie a Christmas Story
1998