Joseph Heller
- Born May 1, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York
- Known for his post World War satires and playwrights
- Catch 22 most well-known of his works
- Other works include: Something Happened, Good as Gold, and Closing Time.
- Also wrote plays: We Bombed in New Haven, Catch 22, Clevinger’s Trail
Thomas Pynchon
- Born May 8, 1937 in Glen Cove, New York.
- Known for his fictional writing over many different subjects that include: science, mathematics, and history
- Known for his early works: V, The Crying of Lot 49, and Gravity’s Rainbow.
- Also wrote essays concerning diverse topics such as missile security and Watts Riots ( a large scale riot that lasted six days in the Watt’s neighborhood of LA).
Kurt Vonnegut
- Born November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Known for using Pastiche in his works. Blends satire, black comedy, and science fiction to create novels, such as Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions.
- As a former soldier and prisoner of war, many of his experiences influenced his later works.
- Born October 1, 1946 in Austin, Minnesota
- His career began with the release of If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship me. Wrote mainly about his experiences in the Vietnam War
- O’Brien uses fiction and reality and blends them into his own genre. He labels his works fiction, however, he uses his situations he experienced in his works.
- Most famous work: The Things They Carried
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