<Table> Catch - 22 <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> First edition cover </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Joseph Heller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> Paul Bacon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Black comedy Absurdist fiction Satire War fiction Historical fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Simon & Schuster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 10 November 1961 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print ( hardback ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 453 ( 1st edition hardback ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 684 - 83339 - 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 35231812 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813 /. 54 22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3558. E476 C3 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Closing Time ( 1994 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who wrote catch 22 ( both names )
Joseph Heller