Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born on 27 March 1923 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Akbabanın üç günü (1975), Fezada çarpışanlar (1980) and İnsan gibi yasa (1983). He was married to Joyce Miller and Ann Somers. He died on 28 March 2014 in Brentwood, California, USA.