Dan Wakefield (b. 1932) is the author of the bestselling novels
Going All the Way and
Starting Over, which were both adapted into feature films. His memoirs include
New York in the Fifties, which was made into a documentary film of the same name, and
Returning: A Spiritual Journey, praised by Bill Moyers as “one of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever read.” Wakefield created the NBC prime time series
James at 15, and wrote the screenplay for
Going All the Way, starring Ben Affleck. He edited and wrote the introduction for
Kurt Vonnegut Letters as well as
If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Vonnegut’s Advice to the Young. Visit Wakefield online at
www.danwakefield.com and
www.vonnegutsoldestlivingfriend.com.
