Lorenzo Carcaterra
Appearance
Lorenzo Carcaterra (born on October 16, 1954, in Hell's Kitchen, New York) is an American writer. Hell's Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted into a film of the same name. In April 2009 he joined True/Slant as a blogger.
Published works
Non-fiction
- A Safe Place (1993)
- Sleepers (1995)
Novels
- Apaches (1997)
- Shadows (1999)
- Gangster (2001)
- Street Boys (2002)
- Paradise City (2004)
- Chasers (2007)
Other
- Introduction to Modern Library Classics unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo, a novel which plays an important role in Carcaterra's autobiographical book Sleepers
- He has written and produced a number of episodes of Law and Order.