An Academy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, William Peter Blatty is the author of the iconic horror novel The Exorcist. Based loosely on an actual possession story, the book sold more than 13 million copies and remained on the New York Times Best Sellers list for more than 55 weeks. The 1973 film adaptation broke box office records and effectively set the standard by which horror movies are still measured. Blatty wrote two bestselling books following The Exorcist: The Ninth Configuration and Legion, and he wrote and directed the film The Exorcist III: Legion. Set in 1970’s Albania, Dimiter is a chilling psychological drama that opens on a torture table.