| J. R. Salamanca | |
| Birth Name: | Jack Richard Salamanca |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1922 |
| Birth Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Potomac, Maryland, U.S. |
Jack Richard Salamanca (born December 20, 1922, in St. Petersburg, Florida - October 30, 2013, in Potomac, Maryland)[1] was an American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland.[2] His first novel, The Lost Country (1958), was made into Wild in the Country, a 1961 film starring Elvis Presley; his second, Lilith, was filmed as Lilith in 1964, starring Warren Beatty.[3]