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About Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard,  a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, divides his time between acting, writing and directing. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. His film career has also included Renaldo and Clara (which he co-wrote), Fool for Love (which he also wrote), The Accidental Husband, The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford, The Notebook and Black Hawk Down.  Shepard's television credits include A&E's Dash and Lily, TNT's Purgatory, and Good Old Boys. Apart from acting, Shepard has an equally prominent career as one of America's most acclaimed and prolific living playwrights.  Curse of the Starving Class, Buried Child, Tooth of Crime, La Turista, and Red Cross received Obie Awards in the years of their debuts.  Buried Child was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize. His latest collection of prose is Cruising Paradise.  Sam read Spalding Gray's Life Interrupted for Macmillan Audio.