Jump to content

Lorenzo Carcaterra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by P.J. Casey (talk | contribs) at 20:06, 27 September 2009 (Undid revision 316463043 by 154.20.50.239 (talk) - restored film title link to article - previous link was to a torrent). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

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.