Irving Shulman(1913-1995)

Novelist, biographer and contract scriptwriter at Warner Brothers, educated at Ohio and Columbia universities. He was chiefly noted for introducing the theme of post-war urban juvenile delinquency with his best-selling books "The Amboy Dukes" (1947), "Cry Tough" (1949) and "The Big Brokers" (1951). He also wrote the original treatment for Rebelde sin causa (1955), which catapulted James Dean to stardom.