Jerome David Salinger was an American author who was born on January 1, 1919 and died on January 27, 2010. He is known for writing the novel, Catcher in the Rye, and secluding himself from society. In the early 1940's, he served in World War II. His short story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, was displayed in The New Yorker Magazine in 1948. The display of A Perfect Day for Bananafish was just the beginning of Salinger's success as an author. He soon went on to publish Catcher in the Rye, which was a popular release and a huge success in 1951. The novel is still widely read and sells around 250,000 copies a year. Two years after publishing Catcher in the Rye, he published a short story collection, Nine Stories. As Catcher in the Rye grew into a widely known novel, Salinger began to escape the public eye. Throughout the remainder of his life, he battled unwanted attention. He dealt with lawsuits in the 1980's and 1990's. He moved from New York City to Cornish, New Hampshire in 1953. He resided there until his death in 2010.