Frederick Exleyย is the author ofย A Fanโs Notes, Pages from a Cold Island, andย Last Notes from Home.ย He was nominated for a National Book Award, was the recipient of the William Faulkner Award, received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award, and won aย Playboyย silver medal for the best nonfiction piece of 1974. He also received a Rockefeller Foundation grant, a Harper-Saxton Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Frederick Exley died in 1992.