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John Gregory Dunne

Biography

John Gregory Dunne

John Gregory Dunne
wrote five other novels—VEGAS; TRUE CONFESSIONS; DUTCH SHEA,
JR.; THE RED WHITE AND BLUE; and PLAYLAND—and seven works of
nonfiction, among which are the memoir-like HARP and two books that
look at Hollywood, THE STUDIO and MONSTER. Born in West Hartford,
Connecticut, in 1932, he graduated from Princeton in 1954. He
collaborated with his wife, the writer Joan Didion, on many
screenplays, including Panic in Needle Park and True
Confessions
. John Gregory Dunne died in December
2003.

John Gregory Dunne

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