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Bio

(1937-2022) Designer, author. Carleton Varney was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Palm Beach, Florida.

Full Name

Carleton Varney

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1937

BIRTH

Carleton Bates Varney was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1937.

1960

OTHER

Mr. Varney received a Master of Arts degree from the New York University School of Education, in 1960.

1961

OTHER

Mr. Varney taught Spanish, English and history in Westchester County for a year in about 1961.

1967

LITWORK

You and Your Apartment
Bobbs-Merrill

Nonfiction.

1969

LITWORK

The Family Decorates A Home
Bobbs-Merrill Co.

Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

Kiss the Hibiscus Good Night
Birch Lane Press
1559721227 / 978-1559721226
Novel.

2008

LITWORK

Houses In My Heart
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
0977787559 / 978-0977787555
Nonfiction.

2012

LITWORK

In the Pink: Dorothy Draper--America's Most Fabulous Decorator
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
0985225602 / 978-0985225605
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

Decorating in the Grand Manor: A Design Memoir
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
0985225610 / 978-0985225612
Nonfiction.

2017

LITWORK

Decorating on the Waterfront
Shannongrove Press
0985225653 / 978-0985225650
Nonfiction.

2019

LITWORK

Rooms to Remember: A Designer's Tour of Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
0985225661 / 978-0985225667
Nonfiction.

2020

LITWORK

Romance and Rhododendrons: My Love Affair with America's Resort - The Greenbrier
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
098522567X / 978-0985225674
Nonfiction.

2022

LITWORK

The Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
0985225688 / 978-0985225681
Nonfiction.

2022

DEATH

Carleton Varney died in a hospital in Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022.

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