Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O Richard Edward Connell Jr. (Oketopa 17, 1893 <unk> Novema 22, 1949) o se tusitala ma se tusitala Amerika. E sili ona manatua o ia i lana tala puupuu "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). O Connell o se tasi o tusitala Amerika lauiloa i ana tala pupuu, ma sa lomia ana tala i mekasini o le "The Saturday Evening Post" ma le "Collier's". Sa tutusa lona manuia o se tusitala ma se tusitala, ma sa filifilia o ia mo se
Academy Award i le 1942 (Best Original Story) mo le ata tifaga "Meet John Doe" (1941), na faatonuina e Frank Capra ma faavae i luga o lana 1922 tala puupuu "A Reputation". O lana tala mo le ata tifaga o le 1944 "Two Girls and a Sailor" na filifilia foʻi mo le Academy Award mo le Best Original Screenplay.