Barnaby Conrad

American writer and artist, the author and illustrator of bull-fighting novels; a modern Renaissance man. He studied bull-fighting in Spain, Mexico and Peru 1941-1946 while serving as U.S. Vice-Counsul to Spain, 1943-46. He then moved to Lima, Peru where he played piano in a night-club at night while portrait painting during the daytime. In 1947 he worked as secretary and chess companion to Sinclair Lewis. The son of wealthy, aristocratic parents, Conrad was equipped with a good education and cultured background and throughout his life was an incurable compiler of information. Among his activities, he once owned a restaurant in San Francisco. Conrad was first published with "The Innocent Billa," 1948. He married the following year, on 3/19/1949; three kids. For his sixth book, "The Death of Manolete," 1957, he was producer, composer, writer, co-director and narrator of the film version. While in the bull ring, he himself was gored in the left thigh the spring of 1948 in El Escorial, Spain. Conrad made a second marriage on 5/18/1962; one daughter. He published his autobiography in 1970, "Fun While it Lasted." Link to Wikipedia biography