Who wrote Summer of '42, the book on which the 1971 movie is based?

Herman Raucher wrote the book Summer of ’42, which was also a movie.

Who wrote A Summer Place, the book on which the 1959 movie is based? Sloan Wilson, author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, wrote A Summer Place.
Who wrote Shane, the book on which the 1953 movie is based? Jack Schaefer wrote the book Shane, which was also movie.
Who wrote the book on which Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) is based? James Bond creator Ian Fleming wrote the book on which Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is based on.
How much was the option on Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s The Klansman, the book on which The Birth of a Nation (1915) was based? D. W. Griffith paid $2,500 for the rights to Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s The Klansman, the book on which The Birth of a Nation (1915) was based. Dixon…
Which Brontë sister wrote Wuthering Heights and which one wrote Jane Eyre? Charlotte Bronte, the most famous of the Bronte sisters, wrote Jane Eyre in 1847. Emily Bronte, whose work is notable for its spirit of passion and rebellion,…
Who wrote the short story on which Alfred Hitch-cock's The Birds (1963) is based? Daphne du Maurier wrote the short story that inspired Hitch-cock's The Birds.