Jean Shepherd

A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film is a book by Jean Shepherd.

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash is a novel by American humorist Jean Shepherd first published in October 1966. A best-seller at the time of its publication, it is considered Shepherd's most important published work. Portions of the work were adapted into the 1983 movie A Christmas Story and into the 1994 film It …