Nicholas Pileggi

Nicholas Pileggi
Pileggi in 2010
Born	(1933-02-22) February 22, 1933 (age 91) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, producer, screenwriter, journalist
Genre	Crime fiction
Subject	Mafia
Years active	1989–present
Notable works	Wiseguy (1985) Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas (1995)
Spouse	Nora Ephron ​ ​ (m. 1987; died 2012)​

Nicholas Pileggi (/pɪˈlɛdʒi/, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, producer and screenwriter. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.