Joyce Maynard: J.D. Salinger’s biography is not just a record of a reclusive writer’s life—it’s a map of a man who lived in silence to protect something fragile inside. I knew him not as a legend, but as a human being—charming, brilliant, wounded, and deeply private. He invited me into his sanctuary for a brief season, and in that time, I saw not only the … [Read more...] about J.D. Salinger Biography: The Wounds Behind the Silence