What is "salinger"

Salinger may refer to:

• Conrad Salinger (1901–1962), American arranger-orchestrator and composer
• Diane Salinger (born 1951), American actress and voice actress
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), American writer and author of Catcher in the Rye
  • Salinger (film), a 2013 documentary film about the American author
  • Salinger (book), a 2013 biography about the American author
• Matt Salinger (born 1960), American actor, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Claire Douglas
• Michael Salinger (born 1962), American poet, performer, and educator living in Northeast Ohio
• Pierre Salinger (1925–2004), John F. Kennedy's press secretary

Salinger is a 2013 documentary film about the reclusive writer J. D. Salinger directed and produced by Shane Salerno. The film tells the story of Salinger's life through interviews with friends, historians, and journalists. The film premiered at the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival and had a second premiere on the opening night of the Toronto Film Festival.

Salinger was one of the top-ten highest-grossing documentaries of 2013, with the highest per screen average of all the films that were released on its opening weekend. Two million viewers watched its broadcast on American Masters on PBS.

Salinger is a New York Times best-selling biography by David Shields and Shane Salerno published by Simon & Schuster in September 2013. The book is an oral biographical portrait of reclusive American author J. D. Salinger. It explores Salinger’s life, with emphasis on his military service in World War II, his post-traumatic stress disorder, his subsequent writing career, his retreat from fame, his religious beliefs and his relationships with teenage girls.

Salinger debuted at #6 on the New York Times bestsellers list and stayed on the list for three weeks. It was #1 on the Los Angeles Times bestsellers list. Additionally, Salinger was named to the bestsellers lists for NPR, Independent Booksellers, and Barnes & Noble. It was named the Amazon Best Book of the Month in September 2013, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, and was chosen as a Book of the Month Club Selection and the History Book Club Selection for September 2013.

The accompanying documentary Salinger was featured as the 200th episode of American Masters on PBS.