found: His The paper chase, 1971.
found: The California coast, 1998:CIP t.p. (John J. Osborn, Jr) data sheet (b. 1945)
found: LC database, October 28, 2022(access points: Osborn, John Jay; Osborn, John J., 1945- ; usage: John Jay Osborn, Jr.; John Jay Osborn; John J. Osborn, Jr.)
found: Gale literature: contemporary authors, via WWW, viewed October 28, 2022(John Jay Osborn, Jr.; born August 5, 1945; home address in New York, N,Y.; lists publications)
found: Washington post WWW site, viewed October 28, 2022(in obituary dated October 24, 2022: John Jay Osborn Jr., author of the best-selling 1971 novel "The Paper Chase," died Oct. 19 at his home in San Francisco. He was 77. Mr. Osborn was born in Boston on Aug. 5, 1945. In addition to writing novels and television scripts, Mr. Osborn practiced contract law and taught at several universities. Mr. Osborn taught contract law quite differently than [his fictitious character] Kingsfield)