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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Crime fiction writers, Crime writers by nationality, Non-fiction crime writers, Organized crime writers, Truman Capote, Ngaio Marsh, Donald Thomas, Goran Tribuson, Christopher G. Moore, Bob Biderman, Rauf Denkta, Vilmos Kondor, John H. Reese, List of thriller writers, Frank Hardy, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Vanda Symon, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, List of crime writers, True crime, Garbhan Downey, Carol Anne Davis, Jonathan Lopez, John Silvester, Petros Markaris, William Deverell, Raul Argemi, Scott Lomax, Simon Lewis, Michael Slade, James Dubro, Matthew Randazzo V, A. C. Baantjer, Georgi Stoev, Misha Glenny, Pavao Pavli i, Paddy Richardson, Christian Jungersen, Damian Marrett, Simone van der Vlugt, Jose Carlos Somoza, Jan Bondeson, Paul Thomas, Sam Millar, Eugenio Fuentes, Simon Snow, Alex Auswaks, Joseph T. Hallinan, Max Haines, James O. Born. Excerpt: Truman Capote (; September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984) was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother and multiple migrations. He discovered his calling by the age of 11, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. Capote began his professional career writing short stories. The critical success of one story, "Miriam" (1945), attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf, resulting in a contract to write Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood (1966), a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm fami...
