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Jerome David Salinger was born the youngest of three children, to a Jewish Father and a Scottish mother. Since mixed-race marriages were frowned upon in the day, he didn't know about his mother's true heritage until he was a teenager. (A&E)
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Salinger's parents sent him to McBurney School in Manhattan, where he became a reporter for the school newspaper, beginning his interest in writing. (Shmoop)
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From March to April of 1940, JD Salinger's first widely-read work, "The Young Folks" was published in installments in Whit Burnett's Story Magazine. (Foskett)
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Salinger was drafted to fight in World War II and served in Germany from 1942 to 1944. It was there that he met his first wife, a German woman named Sylvia. Their marriage was a short one, lasting only a few months (A&E)
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Salinger's most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, was first published in 1951.Originally written for adults, the book follows the runaway teenager Holden Caulfield. (A&E)
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Of Salinger's several marriages, this was the longest, lasting more than ten years. The couple had two children together, Margaret and Matthew (A&E)
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This volume consisted of a short story and a novella published together and featuring the same characters. It was followed shortly by another two novellas, published in "Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters." (Foskett)
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Following Sa;inger's other collection, "Franny and Zooey," this book contains two related novellas. (Foskett)
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An entire issue of The New Yorker was used to print what would be JD Salinger's final literary work, "Hapworth 16, 1924." (Foskett)
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In 1988, Salinger married Colleen O'Neel, who was younger than him by almos 40 years. This marriage lasted until his death in 2010 (Shmoop)
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After shunning the world's spotlight for years, Salinger died at his home in New Hampshire, leaving a legacy of unique stories behind him. (Foskett)
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In 2013, biographers Shane Salerno and David Shields collaborated on a detailed history of the author, which is soon to be reworked as a movie. (A&E)
