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(1923-2016) Novelist. Earl Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia, and died in Los Angeles, California. He lived and worked in New York in the 1950s. He was the creator of the television series “The Waltons.”

Full Name

Earl Hamner Jr.

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1923

BIRTH

Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia, on July 10, 1923.

1953

LITWORK

Fifty Roads To Town
New York: Random House

Novel.

1953

RESIDENCE

Mr. Hamner was living in New York in 1953 and writing radio and television scripts for NBC.

1961

LITWORK

Spencer's Mountain
The Dial Press
9997516648 / 978-9997516640
Novel.

1963

LITWORK

Palm Springs Weekend


Screenplay.

1965

LITWORK

You Can't Get There From Here
Buccaneer Books
1568490232 / 978-1568490236
Novel.

1970

LITWORK

The Homecoming: A Novel About Spencer's Mountain
Random

Novel.

1999

LITWORK

The Avocado Drive Zoo: At Home With My Family and the Creatures We've Loved
Cumberland House Publishing
1581820208 / 978-1581820201
Memoir.

2000

LITWORK

Murder In Tinseltown
Hawk Publishing Group
1930709153 / 978-1930709157
Novel written with Don Sipes.

2002

LITWORK

Good Night, John Boy
Cumberland House
1581822987 / 978-1581822984
Reminiscences of making The Waltons TV series written with Ralph E. Giffin.

2006

LITWORK

Generous Women
Cumberland House Publishing
1581825536 / 978-1581825534
Collection of memoirs.

2016

DEATH

Earl Hamner Jr. died in Los Angeles, California, on March 24, 2016.

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