Darryl Ponicsan (born May 26, 1938) is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1970 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into a 1973 film. A sequel, Last Flag Flying, based on his 2005 novel of the same name, was released in 2017 and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Linklater. He also wrote the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty. Ponicsan writes mystery novels under the pen name Anne Argula. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darryl Ponicsan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.