William March's final novel, The Bad Seed (1954), won him a 1955 National Book Award. It was adapted for the stage in 1954, earning a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and again for the screen in 1956, garnering four Academy Awards nominations.
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William March's final novel, The Bad Seed (1954), won him a 1955 National Book Award. It was adapted for the stage in 1954, earning a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and again for the screen in 1956, garnering four Academy Awards nominations.