In a new biography of the famously reclusive author J.D. Salinger — and the first since the author's death — Kenneth Slawenski admirably tries to mine the ... and their attitude created an air of secrecy that permeated the Salinger household and caused Doris and Sonny to grow into intensely private people. read more
On October 23, 1992, The New York Times reported,"Not even a fire that consumed at least half his home on Tuesday could smoke out the reclusive J. D. Salinger, author of the classic novel of adolescent rebellion, The Catcher in the Rye. read more
Born in New York City on the first day of 1919, J.D. Salinger is the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. After brief periods of enrollment at both NYU and Columbia University, Salinger devoted himself entirely to writing, and by 1940 he had published several short stories in periodicals. read more