Today's spotlight author is Truman Capote.
Quick Facts:
1. He was was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 and died in Los Angeles on August 25, 1984.
2. He was a neighbor and friend of Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird).
3. At age seventeen, he got a job with The New Yorker and within a few years was writing regularly for an assortment of publications.
4. He was well known for his distinctively odd, high-pitched voice.
5. He invented a new literary genre — the non-fiction novel (In Cold Blood).
6. His childhood is the focus of a permanent exhibit in Monroeville, Alabama's Old Courthouse Museum.
7. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his novels, stories and screenplays.
8. His works include Other Voices, Other Rooms; Breakfast at Tiffany's; In Cold Blood; Answered Prayers.
Have you read any of Capote's works? Are you a fan? Did you know that Dill from To Kill a Mockingbird is based on him?
