James Salter

James Salter (1925-2015) was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for works like A Sport and a Pastime (1967), Light Years (1975), and All That Is (2013), drawing from his experiences as a U. After resigning his commission following the publication of his debut novel The Hunters (1957), he garnered critical acclaim for his precise prose and was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Dusk and Other Stories (1988), the PEN/Malamud Award (2012), and the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (2013).James Salter