Edmund Valentine White III wrote a play in 2006 and a book on homosexual sex in 1977.
Terre Haute is a 2006 play by the American writer Edmund White. 
Edmund Valentine White III (born January 13, 1940) is an American novelist, memoirist, and an essayist on literary and social topics. 
 His books include "The Joy of Gay Sex" (1977) (written with Charles Silverstein), his trio of autobiographic novels, "A Boy's Own Story" (1982), "The Beautiful Room Is Empty" (1988) and "The Farewell Symphony" (1997), and his biography of Jean Genet. 
