MY FAVORITE AMERICAN NONFICTION NOVELIST, TRUMAN CAPOTE: When I was a girl, Capote (1924 – 1984) published one of the first nonfiction novels in America, In Cold Blood (1966), based on the 1959 Clutter family murders in Holcomb, Kansas. Capote was arguably the most significant originator of narrative nonfiction as the genre is called today. It was from studying the methods Capote used in writing In Cold Blood that I learned how to research and write the true life story. Capote is also well-known for his novella, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958); a quote follows from same: ‘Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.’ Learn more: www.biography.com/people/truman-capote-9237547
