J.R. Salamanca was born on December 20, 1922 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. He was a writer, known for Wild in the Country (1961) and Lilith (1964). He died on October 30, 2013 in Potomac, Maryland, USA.
American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland.
His novel, "The Lost Country," was a Fiction finalist for the National Book Award in 1959. It was later adapted into the film, Wild in the Country (1961).