Truman Capote

<p>New Orleans native Truman Capote (1924-1984) was one of the most prominent American authors of the postwar era whose best-known books include the novella <i>Breakfast at Tiffany’s</i> (the basis for the 1961 film) and his nonfiction masterpiece <i>In Cold Blood</i>. Capote won the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize twice and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. For a time, he and Harper Lee were neighbors in Monroeville, Alabama.</p>