
Writing
Born July 26, 1921 · South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.

Babe Ruth
1998

It Runs in the Family
1994

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985

A Christmas Story
1983

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982

The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972

Tiki Tiki
1971

Light Fantastic
1964

Shadows
1960
Village Sunday
1960

Inquest
1939