James Purdy

James Purdy. Writer: In a Shallow Grave. James Purdy was born on 17 July 1914 in Fremont, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for In a Shallow Grave (1988), Our Time (1983) and Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1983). He died on 13 March 2009 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.