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(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


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OTHER

Mr. Leggett attended the Manlius School near Syracuse, New York.

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OTHER

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

OTHER

Mr. Leggett was an editor at Harper & Row Publishing in New York from 1960 until 1967.

1960

LITWORK

Wilder Stone
Harper & Brothers

Novel.

1964

LITWORK

The Gloucester Branch
Harper & Row
1112962409 / 978-1112962400
Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Who Took The Gold Away
Random House

Novel.

1974

LITWORK

Ross And Tom: Two American Tragedies
Simon & Schuster
067121733X / 978-0671217334
Biography.

1979

LITWORK

Gulliver House
Houghton Mifflin
0395277590 / 978-0395277591
Novel.

1986

LITWORK

Making Believe
Houghton Mifflin
0395394120 / 978-0395394120
Novel.

2002

LITWORK

A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan
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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