Sam Shepard was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than 55 plays and three story collections. As an actor, he appeared in more than 60 films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection GREAT DREAM OF HEAVEN. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017.

Books by Sam Shepard

Spy of the First Person

by Sam Shepard - Current Affairs, Family, Fiction, Health, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mind & Body, Nature, Novella, Relationships

SPY OF THE FIRST PERSON tells the story of an unnamed narrator who traces his memories of work, adventure and travel as he undergoes medical tests and treatments for a condition that is rendering him more and more dependent on the loved ones who are caring for him. The narrator’s memories and preoccupations often echo those of our current moment --- for here are stories of immigration and community, inclusion and exclusion, suspicion and trust. But at the book’s core, and his, is family --- his relationships with those he loved, and with the natural world around him.