Glenn Savan

Glenn Savan (1953 – April 14, 2003) was an American writer.[1][2] He is best known for White Palace, his 1987 debut novel.[3] A film adaptation, starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader, was released in 1990.[4]

White Palace was published in trade paperback by Bantam New Fiction, part of the 1980s trend of editors trying to "find material from which to fashion and refashion quality trade paperback lines."[5]

Savan's second novel, Goldman's Anatomy, was published in 1993.[6][7] The Los Angeles Times called it "long-awaited" and "even more assured" than White Palace.[8] Goldman's Anatomy was inspired in part by Savan's own struggles with degenerative joint ailments and other health issues.[1]

Savan was a native of St. Louis, Missouri, the setting of both of his novels.[9][10][11] He was an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[12]

Books
  • White Palace (1987)
  • Goldman's Anatomy (1993)
gollark: I'm not sure I would trust my brain to computers in any case, given the horrible security record of... most complex computer systems... which will likely only get worse as complexity increases. Though I suppose my foolish organic brain has its own (probably not remotely exploitable, at least?) security flaws.
gollark: SSDs are pretty dense. They're just expensive.
gollark: Hopefully brains parallelize well.
gollark: Maybe. Growth in computing power has slowed lately.
gollark: I think people have (obviously very roughly) estimated that you would need something like an exabyte of storage and exaflop of processing power to run a brain.

References
  1. "Glenn Savan, 49, the Author of 'White Palace'". April 17, 2003 – via NYTimes.com.
  2. EMERITUS, ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. "Savan was ad exec, teacher and mentor". St. Louis Jewish Light.
  3. Savan, Glenn (September 1, 1988). White palace. Bantam Books. ISBN 0553344196 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "White Palace (1990)". BFI.
  5. "Literature as Life Style : White Palace by Glenn Savan (Bantam New Fiction: $8.95, paperback; 416 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1987.
  6. "Fiction Book Review: Goldman's Anatomy by Glenn Savan, Author Doubleday Books $22 (321p) ISBN 978-0-385-42607-7". PublishersWeekly.com.
  7. Writer, Steve Rhodes, Tribune Staff. "SICK THOUGHTS". chicagotribune.com.
  8. "Victims of Love : GOLDMAN'S ANATOMY, By Glenn Savan (Doubleday: $22; 321 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. May 30, 1993.
  9. "A St.Louis Ghost: Glenn Savan". September 26, 2011.
  10. "Clipped From St. Louis Post-Dispatch". September 8, 1989. p. 45 – via newspapers.com.
  11. Brennan, Charlie; Garwitz, Bridget; Lattal, Joe (September 29, 2006). "Here's where: A Guide to Illustrious St. Louis". Missouri History Museum – via Google Books.
  12. Sandweiss, Lee Ann (September 27, 2000). "Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000". Missouri History Museum – via Google Books.


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