This author of "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" and "The (*) Laughing Man" also wrote about a family of child prodigies including Seymour, who shoots himself after telling Sybil about bananafish.
One of this author's short stories tells of a girl who has an imaginary friend named Jimmy Jimoreeno. In another of his short stories, a boys' club leader named "The Chief" tells stories of Chinese bandit who was deformed when his head was placed in a vice grip. This author of "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" and "The (*) Laughing Man" also wrote about a family of child prodigies including Seymour, who shoots himself after telling Sybil about bananafish. Another of his characters leaves Pencey Prep to visit his sister Phoebe, and loathes "phonies." For 10 points, name this author who created Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye
One of this author's short stories tells of a girl who has an imaginary friend named Jimmy Jimoreeno.
Jerome David {Salinger}