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Bio

(1925-2015) Novelist. John A. Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and died in Paramus, New Jersey.

Full Name

John A Williams

Locations

Onondaga

Author's Timeline


1925

BIRTH

John Alfred Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on December 5, 1925.

1950

RESIDENCE

Mr. Williams grew up in Syracuse, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English.

1955

RESIDENCE

Mr. Williams moved to New York City in 1955.

1960

LITWORK

The Angry Ones
Ace

Novel.

1961

LITWORK

Night Song
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy

Novel.

1963

LITWORK

Sissie
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy

Novel.

1965

LITWORK

This Is My Country Too
Signet

Travel book.

1967

LITWORK

The Man Who Cried I am
Little, Brown & Company
0316941433 / 978-0316941433
Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Sons of Darkneww, Sons of Light
Little Brown and Company

Novel.

1970

LITWORK

The King God Didn't Save: Reflections On The Life And Death Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Putnam Pub Group
0698101979 / 978-0698101975
Biography.

1976

LITWORK

The Junior Bachelor Society
Doubleday
0385094558 / 978-0385094559
Novel.

1982

LITWORK

!Click Song
Houghton Mifflin
0395318416 / 978-0395318416
Novel.

1991

LITWORK

If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy And Tragedy Of Richard Pryor
Thunder's Mouth Press
1560250089 / 978-1560250081
Biography written by Mr. Williams and his son, Dennis A. Williams.

2015

DEATH

John A. Williams died in a veterans' home in Paramus, New Jersey, on July 3, 2015.

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