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(1928-2017) Writer. Jimmy Breslin was born in Queens, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a columnist and best-selling author.

Full Name

James (Jimmy) Earle Breslin

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Breslin lived in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York.

1928

BIRTH

James Earle Breslin was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on October 17, 1928.

1964

LITWORK

Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?
The Viking Press

Nonfiction.

1969

LITWORK

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Viking Press

Novel.

1973

LITWORK

World Without End, Amen
Viking
0670790206 / 978-0670790203
Novel.

1975

LITWORK

How the Good Guys Finally Won
Viking Adult

Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

Forsaking All Others
Simon & Schuster
0671252488 / 978-0671252489
Novel.

1984

LITWORK

The World According to Breslin
Ticknor & Fields
0899193102 / 978-0899193106
Nonfiction.

1986

LITWORK

Table Money
Ticknor & Fields
0899193129 / 978-0899193120
Novel.

1992

LITWORK

Damon Runyon a Life
Hodder Stoughton Ltd
0340570342 / 978-0340570340
Biography.

1996

LITWORK

I Want To Thank My Brain For Remembering Me
Little, Brown and Company
0316110310 / 978-0316110310
Memoir.

2008

LITWORK

The Good Rat
Ecco
0060856661 / 978-1615542284
Nonfiction.

2017

DEATH

Jimmy Breslin died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on March 19, 2017.

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