He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman.
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He is best known for having created the "Gidget" novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature length animated film.
Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (born January 19, 1941) is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie (nicknamed Gidget) from the 1957 novel, Gidget: The Little Girl with Big Ideas, written by her father Frederick Kohner.
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