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Puzo

American  
[poo-zoh] / ˈpu zoʊ /

noun

  1. Mario, 1920–99, U.S. novelist.


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Karp was raised in Merrick on Long Island — the same town, he has joked, that Lindsay Lohan and Mario Puzo once called home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“To us, he was thinking outside the box,” said Madeline Puzo, the Taper’s stage manager at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2023

Or a gangster film that sounds like Mario Puzo?

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

Mario Puzo, who wrote “The Godfather,” has said that the novel’s keenly observed depictions came from his meticulous research.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

The novel, published in 1969, became a huge bestseller; the paperback deal alone netted Puzo $410,000.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2021