Mark Stein (author) History Channel series by the same name. Mark Stein (author) Mark Stein (born 1951) is an American writer. Raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973. Stein wrote the screenplay for the Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin film "Housesitter." His stage plays were first produced at New Playwrights Theater of Washington, D.C. From there he went on to productions at Actors Theater of Louisville, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Fountain Theater in Los Angeles, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and elsewhere. His non-fiction book, "How the States Got
Goldie Hawn recalls Hawn's reaction when she first described the idea for the story: "Private Benjamin", also stars Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante, and garnered Hawn her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Hawn's box office success continued with comedies like "Seems Like Old Times" (1980), written by Neil Simon, "Protocol" (1984), co-written by Nancy Meyers, and "Wildcats" (1986)—Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two—and dramas like "Best Friends" (1982) and "Swing Shift" (1984). At the age of thirty-nine, Hawn posed for the cover of "Playboy" January 1985 issue, in which she was the subject of