John Fante
 John Fante (April 8 1909 – May 8 1983) was an American novelist short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent. He is perhaps best known for his work Ask the Dust a semi-autobiograpical novel about life in and around Los Angeles California which was the third in a series of four novels published between 1938 and 1985 that are now collectively called The Bandini Quartet. That book was made into a movie by the same name in 2006.