"Book-of-the-Month Club"

Dorothy Canfield Fisher female, deceased (1959): James Hulme Canfield, Translator, Ohio State University, Dartmouth College, University of Kansas, from Vermont…University of Nebraska, Book-of-the-Month Club; Dorothy Canfield Fisher was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth...

James Gould Cozzens male, deceased (1978): from Chicago, steinbeck, saturday evening post, novelist, World War II, Castaway…The Last Adam, Guard of Honor, The Just and the Unjust, Book-of-the-Month Club, American Academy of Arts; James Gould Cozzens (August 13, 1903 - August 8, 1978) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. He is often grouped today with his...

Willie Morris male, deceased (1999): Harper's Magazine, Mississippi Delta, from Yazoo City, Mississippi, From Jackson, Mississippi, William Weaks "Willie" Morris, North Toward Home…University of Texas at Austin alumni, University of Texas, University of Mississippi, board of regents, Book-of-the-Month Club; William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29, 1934 - August 2, 1999), was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his...

Esther Forbes female, deceased (1967): Oh Genteel Lady!, Johnny Tremain, O Genteel Lady!, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, Pulitzer Prize for History, Pulitzer Prize for History winner…Book-of-the-Month Club; Esther Forbes (June 28 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American biographer, novelist, and children's writer who received both a Pulitzer Prize and a...

Allan Gurganus male, 62 years old: Duke University faculty, Stanford University faculty, American military, Southern United States, from the United States, U.S. NAVY…Book-of-the-Month Club, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, University of Pennsylvania, The Fellowship of Southern Writers; Allan Gurganus (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose work is often influenced by and set in his native North...

Walter Lord male, deceased (2002): Polar exploration, civil rights movement, The Fremantle Diary, 1958 British movie, civil rights struggle, Yale…battle of midway, battle of the alamo, Office of Strategic Services, The Night Lives On, Day of Infamy; Walter Lord was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account "A Night to Remember", about the sinking of the RMS...

Steve Heller male: Oklahoma State University, Ponca City High School, Kansas Literary Artists Fellowship, The Automotive History of Lucky Kellerman, National Endowment for the Arts, Book-of-the-Month Club; Steve Heller, Award-winning author of "The Automotive History of Lucky Kellerman" Grew up near Yukon, Oklahoma. B.A. in English and M.S. in English...

Robert C. O'Brien male, deceased (1973): University of Rochester alumni, juilliard, science fiction writer, mystery writer, journalist, national geographic…university of rochester, the secret of nimh, The Silver Crown, Mystery Writer of America, R.T., Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH; Robert Leslie Conly (better known by his pen name, "Robert C. O'Brien") was an American author and journalist for "National Geographic". He was the...

Howard Bahr male: University of Mississippi, Franklin Walker, Home for Christmas, Motlow State College, Civil War Times Illustrated, The Black Flower A Novel of the Civil War…Battle of Franklin, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Book-of-the-Month Club; Howard Bahr(1946-) Novelist, born in Meridian, Mississippi. Bahr, who served in the the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and then worked for...

Katharine Scherman female, 94 years old: Swarthmore College, ornithology, life magazine, Swarthmore College alumni, Life, Book-of-the-Month Club…Sunday Review of Literature; Katharine Scherman Rosin (b. October 7, 1915, New York) is an American author of non-fiction. She is the daughter of Harry and Bernardine (Kielty)...

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