Born: January 1, 1919 Died: January 27, 2010 There is what amounts to a cult growing up among ecstatic readers of short story writer J. D. Salinger, a master craftsman whose devotees are surprisingly numerous in view of the fact that he has published a mere handful of yarns. Daily News, Los Angeles, May 2, … Continue reading J. D. Salinger: “Able to combine the horrible with the comic”