Jake Lamar

Jake Lamar is the author of the memoir Bourgeois Blues and five novels: The Last Integrationist (translated into French as Nous avions un rêve) Close to the Bone, If Six Were Nine (translated into French as Le Caméléon Noir) Rendezvous Eighteenth and most recently Ghosts of Saint-Michel.

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, he graduated from Harvard University and then spent six years writing for Time magazine. In 1993, he went to Paris intending to stay for a year; he now lives there full-time with his wife.

resources on the web

JakeLamar.com
The author's official website.
http://www.jakelamar.com/