Chester Himes was born on July 29, 1909 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA as Bomar Himes. He was a writer, known for A Rage in Harlem (1991), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Cosmic Slop (1994). He was married to Lesley Packard and Jean Johnson. He died on November 12, 1984 in Moravia, Costa Blanca, Spain.