Speed Lamkin
Speed Lamkin was born and raised in Louisiana. He published his first novel “Tiger in the Garden” in 1950, at age twenty-two. Lamkin moved to Los Angeles to research his second novel, “The Easter Egg ... Read more
Speed Lamkin was born and raised in Louisiana. He published his first novel “Tiger in the Garden” in 1950, at age twenty-two. Lamkin moved to Los Angeles to research his second novel, “The Easter Egg Hunt” (1954), about movie stars. Soon after his move to Los Angeles, Lamkin wrote a play, OUT BY THE COUNTRY CLUB, which was never produced. His play COMES A DAY, published in 1959 by Dramatists Play Service, Inc., was produced on Broadway starring Judith Anderson and introducing George C. Scott.