Forgotten authors No. 15: Thomas Tryon (Independent)
He had it all: charm, style, popularity, intelligence, success, and he was ridiculously handsome. Did I mention he was also dating a porn star? Tryon played the lead in the 1958 cult hit film I Married a Monster from Outer Space and would have starred alongside Marilyn Monroe in the uncompleted Something’s Got To Give. Bored with acting (and humiliated by Otto Preminger) he thought he’d write, …