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(1928-1992) Novelist, playwright. John Donovan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. He worked for St. Martin’s Press, and, in 1976 he was the executive director of the Children’s Book Council.

Full Name

John Donovan

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1928

BIRTH

John Donovan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1928.

1961

LITWORK

The Little Orange Book
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.

Children's book.

1963

LITWORK

Damn You, Scarlett O'Hara


Short play.

1963

LITWORK

All My Pretty Little Ones


Play.

1969

LITWORK

I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip
Harpercollins Juvenile Books
0060217170 / 978-0060217174
Novel for young readers.

1971

LITWORK

Wild In The World
HarperCollins
0060217022 / 978-0060217020
Novel for young readers.

1975

LITWORK

Good Old James
Harper & Row
0060217030 / 978-0060217037
Novel for children.

1976

LITWORK

Family
Harper & Row

Novel.

1992

DEATH

Mr. Donovan lived in Manhattan, New York, and died at his home there on April 29, 1992.

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