N. Richard Nash nació el 8 de junio de 1913 en Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos. Murió el 11 de diciembre de 2000 en Manhattan, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
Says he wrote El farsante (1956) as a tribute to his compassionate older sister,
Mae, who "saved my life" by curing him of stuttering when he was a
child, by acting as a tirelessly attentive listener.