William Keepers Maxwell Jr.
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William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (August 16, 1908 – July 31, 2000) was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.
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Born | (1908-08-16)August 16, 1908 Lincoln, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | July 31, 2000(2000-07-31) (aged 91) New York City, U.S. |
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Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
Genre | Domestic realism |
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