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(1916-1991) Novelist, poet. Frank Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, and died in Madrid, Spain. He worked in an aircraft factory in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Full Name

Frank Yerby

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


1916

BIRTH

Frank Garvin Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1916.

1944

OTHER

Mr. Yerby worked in an aircraft factory in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in 1944 and 1945.

1944

LITWORK

Health Card
Harper's

Short story; winner of the O. Henry Memorial Award Prize for best first short story.

1946

LITWORK

The Foxes Of Harrow


Novel.

1948

LITWORK

The Golden Hawk


Novel.

1952

LITWORK

The Saracen Blade


Novel.

1958

LITWORK

The Serpent And The Staff


Novel.

1961

LITWORK

The Garfield Honor


Novel.

1962

LITWORK

Griffin's Way


Novel.

1965

LITWORK

An Odor of Sanctity: A Novel of Medieval Moorish Spain
New York: Dial Press.

Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Speak Now


Novel.

1985

LITWORK

McKenzie's Hundred
Doubleday.

Novel.

1991

DEATH

Frank Yerby died in Madrid, Spain, in 1991.

1991

INTERMENT

Frank Yerby was interred in the Cementerio de la Almudena, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

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