J.D. Salinger wrote four books: The Catcher in the Rye (the one you've most likely read in high school, or at least been assigned since you probably didn't actually read it, you slacker), Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Then he spent the next 50 years as a recluse, refusing to write or at least publish anything else. He faked his own death in 2010 and is now even more reclusive than ever, but can still be found hiding in L.A.