DAVID L. PATERSON

'David Lord Paterson' (born 1966) is an American screenwriter, actor and producer.
When Paterson was a boy, his best friend, an eight-year-old girl named Lisa Hill, was struck by lightning and killed. His mother, author Katherine Paterson, used this real-life experience as the basis for her children's novel ''Bridge to Terabithia''.^[1] David Paterson produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the novel released in 2007.
He graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1989 with a BA.^[2] Paterson held a special advance screening of ''Bridge to Terabithia'' on February 1, 2007, for members of the CUA community at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Md.

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1. Cited by Katherine Paterson on her website, Terabithia.com.
2. Catholic University of America Alumni magazine profile Spring '06 Retrieved 15 Feb 2007

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★ Official homepage Retrieved 12 Feb 2007.

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