Laird Koenig (born September 24, 1927 in Seattle, Washington) is an American author. His best-known work is The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on the novel.
The Children are Watching (w. Peter L. Dixon) (Ballantine, 1970) (filmed as Attention, The Kids Are Watching, 1978)The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1974) (filmed 1976)Islands (Dell, 1980)The Neighbor (Avon, 1978) (filmed as Killing 'em Softly, 1982)Rockabye (St. Martin's Press, 1981) (filmed 1986)The Disciple (Bantam, 1983)The Sea Wife (Warner Books, 1986)Rising Sun (1986)Morning Sun : The Story of Madam Butterfly's Boy (Prospecta Press, 2012)The Dozens. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1969The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. Dramatist's Play Service, New York 1997, ISBN 0-8222-1571-3The Cat (w. William Redlin), 1966Flipper (TV series), episodes, 1966–1967The High Chaparral (TV series), episodes, 1970Red Sun [w. Dene Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman], 1971The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, 1976 (from own novel)Bloodline, 1979 (from Sidney Sheldon novel)Inchon (w. Robin Moore), 1981 (from story by Moore and Paul Savage)Rockabye, 1986 (from own novel)Stillwatch (w. David E. Peckinpah), 1987 (from Mary Higgins Clark novel)The Fulfilment of Mary Gray, 1989 (from LaVyrle Spencer novel)Tennessee Nights, 1989 (from Hans Werner Kettenbach novel)Lady Against the Odds [w. Bruce Murkoff], 1992 [from Rex Stout novel, The Hand in the Glove](Unknown) for "Intrigues" (French TV series), 1985 (probably The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane) 
