James Salter

James Salter was born in 1925 in New York, where he currently resides with his family. He was a career officer and an Air Force pilot until the age of thirty, when he began his literary career. His works include the novels "Solo Faces," "Light Years," "A Sport and a Pastime," "The Arm of Flesh" (revised as "Cassada"), "The Hunters," and "All That Is," the autobiographical "Gods of Tin" and "Burning the Days," the collections "Dusk and Other Stories" (PEN/Faulkner Award 1989) and "Last Night" (Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award), and, together with Kay Salter, "Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days." He also wrote articles and scripts for television and film.