Lorenzo Carcaterra

Emerging from Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen with roots on the Italian island of Ischia, he launched a journalism career in 1980, his early pieces appearing across several newspapers. He later turned to fiction, achieving widespread recognition when his 1995 novel set in his native neighborhood was transformed into the 1996 film Sleepers, starring Jason Patric, and sparking controversy over its portra… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources