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a prison california . mugshot of edward bunker taken in an unknown 19 july 2005 burbank , california , united states hollywood , california , united states 31 december 1933 transgressive fiction edward_bunker . jpg edward bunker
 edward bunker author , screenwriter , actor
edward bunker

`` for the founder of bunkerville , nevada , see edward bunker -lrb- mormon -rrb- .
edward heward bunker -lrb- december 31 , 1933 -- july 19 , 2005 -rrb- was an american author of crime fiction , a screenwriter , and an actor .
he wrote numerous books , some of which have been adapted into films .
he was a screenwriter on `` straight time '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- , `` runaway train '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and `` animal factory '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- .
he started on a criminal career at a very early age , and continued on this path throughout the years , returning to prison again and again .
he was convicted of bank robbery , drug dealing , extortion , armed robbery , and forgery .
a repeating pattern of convictions , paroles , releases and escapes , further crimes and new convictions continued until he was released yet again from prison in 1975 , at which point he finally left his criminal days permanently behind .
bunker stayed out of jail thereafter , and instead focused on his career as a writer and actor .
