John Leggett
1917 - 2015
General Information
Bio
(1917-2015) Writer, novelist. John Leggett was born in New York, New York, and died in Napa, California. He was the former director of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and co-founder and director of the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference.
Full Name
John Leggett
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
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Mr. Leggett attended the Manlius School near Syracuse, New York.
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Mr. Leggett attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
1917
BIRTH
John Leggett was born in Manhattan, New York, on November 11, 1917.
1960
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Mr. Leggett was an editor at Harper & Row Publishing in New York from 1960 until 1967.
1960
LITWORK
Wilder Stone
Harper & Brothers
Novel.
Harper & Brothers
Novel.
1964
LITWORK
The Gloucester Branch
Harper & Row
1112962409 / 978-1112962400
Novel.
Harper & Row
1112962409 / 978-1112962400
Novel.
1969
LITWORK
Who Took The Gold Away
Random House
Novel.
Random House
Novel.
1974
LITWORK
Ross And Tom: Two American Tragedies
Simon & Schuster
067121733X / 978-0671217334
Biography.
Simon & Schuster
067121733X / 978-0671217334
Biography.
1979
LITWORK
Gulliver House
Houghton Mifflin
0395277590 / 978-0395277591
Novel.
Houghton Mifflin
0395277590 / 978-0395277591
Novel.
1986
LITWORK
Making Believe
Houghton Mifflin
0395394120 / 978-0395394120
Novel.
Houghton Mifflin
0395394120 / 978-0395394120
Novel.
2002
LITWORK
A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan
Knopf
0375413014 / 978-0375413018
Biography.
Knopf
0375413014 / 978-0375413018
Biography.
2015
DEATH
John Leggett died at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, California. on January 24, 2015.
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