Nicholas Pileggi

Nicholas Pileggi (, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is the widower of director and journalist Nora Ephron. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.