Samuel Charters was born on August 1, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for White Lie (1991), Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001) and Chasin' Gus' Ghost (2007). He was previously married to Ann Charters and Mary Louise Lange. He died on March 18, 2015 in Årsta, Stockholms Län, Sweden.