Kotzwinkle is a multifaceted man, novelist, poet and writer of famous screenplays as ET, the alien or Nightmare on Elm Street, but mostly it is a great exponent of the countercultural literature, at the height of classics like Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs . In his career he has made inroads into many different genres such as fantasy literature, science fiction and children's literature. He has twice received the National Magazine Award for Fiction and was nominated for many other National Book Critics Circle Award. Each new work by this author is considered a major event, not least because the public has already adept who always manages to surprise.