John William Cheever was a famous American writer and novelist. He was born in Quincy, MA, on May 27, 1912. His son, Federico, teaches property and environmental law at Sturm College of Law. John died of cancer on June 18, 1982.
John Cheever is referenced in "The Cheever Letters." After Kramer accidentally burned down Susan's father's cabin, Susan finds a box of letters addressed to her father from Cheever. She reads them and finds out that her father and John Cheever had engaged in an affair years prior. Susan's father finds the letters, and snatches them away from Susan. He then proclaims that he loved John Cheever deeply, in a way that his wife could "never understand."