Truman Streckfus Person was born on September 30, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Truman spent lots of time with his mother’s family in Alabama before moving to New York City to live with his mother's new husband. His step father renamed him Truman Garcia Capote. While living in Manhattan Truman’s teachers noticed he had a special gift when it came to writing. Truman got his first job at age 17 writing stories for The New Yorker (“Truman Capote, About the Author”). Truman Capote wrote a story called “Miriam” that caught a publisher’s attention. “Other Voices, Other Rooms,” was Capote’s first published book. Truman Capote made a name for himself. He had lots of fun with this fame. Truman was partying, drinking and smoking. He was becoming a socialite. Truman was not all about partying, he wanted to be a great writer as well which is why he continued to write books that later became very famous. Truman Capote got liver cancer from drug intoxication which caused his death at the age of 59.