John Gregory Dunne wrote six novelsโVegas; True Confessions; Dutch Shea, Jr.; The Red White and Blue;ย Playland; and Nothing Lostโand seven works of nonfiction, among which are the memoir-likeย Harpย and two books that look at Hollywood,ย The Studioย andย Monster.ย Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1932, he graduated from Princeton in 1954. He collaborated with his wife, the writer Joan Didion, on many screenplays, includingย Panic in Needle Parkย andย True Confessions. John Gregory Dunne died in December 2003.