Curt gentry biography definition

American writer (1931–2014)

For the American football defensive back, see Curt Gentry (American football).

Curtis Marsena "Curt" Gentry (June 13, 1931 – July 10, 2014) was an American writer, born in Lamar, Colorado.

He is best known for co-authoring, with Vincent Bugliosi, the 1974 book Helter Skelter, which detailed the Charles Manson murders. Gentry lived in San Francisco, California.

Gentry died, aged 83, on July 10, 2014, in San Francisco.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Frame-Up was a nominee for the 1968 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.

Curt gentry biography definition

Helter Skelter won a 1975 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.^[2]

J. Edgar Hoover won the 1992 PEN Center West Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

Select works

• The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California, Putnam, 1968 (novel)
• J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, W. W. Norton, 1991, ISBN 978