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(1896-1972) Writer novelist. Betty Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

Betty Smith

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline

1896

BIRTH

Elizabeth Lillian Wehner (Betty Smith) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1896.

1943

LITWORK

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Harper & Row.

Smith wrote this novel in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.

1948

LITWORK

Tomorrow Will Be Better


Novel.

1958

LITWORK

Maggie-Now


Novel.

1964

LITWORK

Joy in the Morning


Novel.

1972

DEATH

Betty Smith died in Shelton, Connecticut in 1972.

1972

INTERMENT

Betty Smith was interred in Legion Street Cemetery, Chapel Hill (Orange County), Orange County, North Carolina.

1990

LITWORK

Writing Life


Nonfiction.

2002

LITWORK

Wednesdays: And Other Stories


Short stories.

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