Claim: The Night Of's screenwriter isn't an American novelist.
Evidence: The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh.
Richard Price -LRB- born October 12 , 1949 -RRB- is an American novelist and screenwriter , known for the books The Wanderers -LRB- 1974 -RRB- , Clockers -LRB- 1992 -RRB- and Lush Life -LRB- 2008 -RRB-.