N. Richard Nash

Nash published two books on philosophy, The Athenian Spirit and The Wounds of Sparta. Read Less

Later that year, he married Katherine Copeland aka Kaplan, with whom he had two daughters. Read Less

After selling Cry Macho, Nash began to write what he calls "real novels" and discover that writing a novel was more flexible than writing a play and received much less criticism than writing a play.

Nash wrote a number of screenplays, novels and more plays, including the screenplays for the 1947 Ann Sheridan film noir, Nora Prentiss, The Sainted Sisters (1948), Dear Wife (1949), Mara Maru (1952), Helen of Troy (1956), Porgy and Bess (1959), and later One Summer Love) (1976) and Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985). Other Broadway shows include Girls of Summer (1956), Handful of Fire (1958), Wildcat (1960, starring Lucille Ball), 110 in the Shade (1963; revived in 2007), The Happy Time (1968, nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical), and Saravà (1979). Nash's novels include East Wind, Rain, "Radiance", "The Last Magic", and an unpublished novel,The Wildwood. Under the pseudonym, John Roc, he also wrote a play, "Fire!" and a novel, "Winter Blood". Read Less