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Hamilton Basso—American novelist

Hamilton Basso was an American novelist and journalist. He was an associate editor at The New Yorker. 1954 - Pompey's Head, a story of a New York attorney ...

MacKinlay Kantor—American novelist

MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his novel Andersonville. Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. He published his first poem at the age of 17, and at 18 he won a state story writing contest. His first novel, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters and was written in 1928, when the subject matter was contemporary. In the 1930's, Kantor first wrote about the American Civil War with his novel Long Remember. Kantor had spoken with Civil War veterans when he was young, and he was an avid collector of first hand narratives.

Rex Beach—American novelist

Rex Ellingwood Beach (18771949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. After success in literature, many of his works were adapted into successful films; "The Spoilers" became a stage play, then was remade into movies five times.

Jessica Hagedorn—American novelist

Jessica Hagedorn and Manila magic. "Filipino-American novelist and poet Jessica Hagedorn incorporates many of the magical realism techniques of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in her portrayal of the Philippines under martial law, 'Dogeaters.'" In MELUS, 12/22/93

Chaim Potok—American Novelist

Chaim Potok American Jewish novelist of world class ... Obituary: Chaim Potok; American Jewish novelist of world class.(Obituaries) ... Author Chaim Potok, whose novels such as `The Chosen' focused on spiritual conflict, dead at 73 AP Worldstream; 7/23/2002; JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press Writer; 534 words; 00-00-0000 Dateline: PHILADELPHIA Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired The Chosen ... researched and wrote his first nonfiction book, Wanderings: Chaim Potok's Story of the Jews, which traced Jewish history back ... ... Jewish Exponent; 12/5/1996; ...

Clive Cussler—American Novelist

Sea adventure novelist Clive Cussler is as highly regarded for his efforts to hunt and find real shipwrecks (see THE SEA HUNTERS) as he is for his exciting NUMA books that are far from the Pitts.

Olive Higgins Prouty—American novelist

Olive Higgins Prouty (January 10, 1882–March 24, 1974) was an American novelist, best known for her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in Now, Voyager and her feminist melodrama Stella Dallas. Prouty was born in Worcester in 1882 to Katherine Chapin and Milton Prince Higgins. Olive Higgins graduated from Smith College in 1904 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature.

Julien Green—American novelist

Arts Literature Authors G Green, Julien Top: Arts: Literature: Authors: G: Green,_Julien: Autograph Letter by Julien Green to Catherine Hartridge - Julien Green, April 18, 1922. CBC Infoculture: Novelist Julien Green dies at 97 - Julien Green, the American novelist, has died in Paris at the age of ninety-seven. He was the first foreigner to be elected to one of France's most exclusive clubs -- the Academie Francaise... Julien Green - Short biography of the French-American novelist (1900-1998). Novelist Julien Green dies in Paris - Article in the Savannah Morning News.

Alice Hegan Rice—American novelist

Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. ... Hegan was married to poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice. Rice was the niece of author Frances Little. Several of her earlier works were translated into German, French, Danish, and Swedish, and three (Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1901), Mr. Opp (1909), and A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)) were dramatized. Both before and after she became a novelist she was favorably known for short stories contributed to the magazines.

Elizabeth Gaffney—American novelist

Elizabeth Gaffney, who still lives in the Brooklyn house she grew up in, worked for 16 years under George Plimpton at the Paris Review. She graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s in philosophy and holds a master’s in fine art in fiction from Brooklyn College; she also studied philosophy and German at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Her short stories have appeared in many small publications, including North American Review, Colorado Review, Brooklyn Review, Mississippi Review, the Reading Room, and Epiphany, and she has translated three books from German (The Arbogast Case, Invisible Woman, The Pollen Room). Gaffney has been a resident artist at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Blue Mountain Center. She teaches writing at New York University. Her first novel, Metropolis, was recently published and she is now at work on her second novel, tentatively titled The War Effort, which is set in New York City between World War II and the Vietnam War.

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