It's based on the semi-autobiographical short stories of radio personality Jean Shepherd. Many of the characters featured in A Christmas Story were inspired by real-life people and events from ...

The Theatrical division of International Literary Properties has acquired the literary works of Jean Shepherd from Dalfie Entertainment Inc. Best known as the writer and narrator of the holiday film ...

Jean Shepherd's holiday classic "A Christmas Story" is so grounded in his Region childhood it opens with a shot of a steel mill.