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Millicent Dillon (1925-2025) Novelist, short-story writer. Millicent Dillon was born in New York City and died in Daly City, California. She was a five-time winner of the O. Henry Award.

Full Name

Millicent Gerson Dillon

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1925

Birth

Millicent Dillon was born Millicent Gerson in New York City on May 24, 1925.

1944

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Dillon attended Hunter College High School and received a degree in physics from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, in 1944.

1973

Literary Work

The One in the Back Is Medea
Viking Adult
0670526169 / 978-0670526161
Novel.

1981

Literary Work

A Little Original Sin: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles
Harpercollins
0060110597 / 978-0060110598
Nonfiction.

1985

Literary Work

Out in the World: Selected Letters of Jane Bowles, 1935-1970
Black Sparrow Press
0876856261 / 978-0876856260
Nonfiction edited by Ms. Dillon.

1991

Literary Work

The Dance of the Mothers
Dutton
0525933123 / 978-0525933120
Novel.

1994

Literary Work

The Portable Paul and Jane Bowles
Penguin Books
0140169601 / 978-0140169607
Nonfiction edited by Ms. Dillon.

1998

Literary Work

You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
University of California
0520211049 / 978-0520211049
Biography.

2000

Literary Work

Harry Gold
The Overlook Press
158567012X / 978-1585670123
Novel.

2003

Literary Work

A Version of Love
W. W. Norton and Company
0393052168 / 978-0393052169
Novel.

2017

Literary Work

Jane Bowles: Collected Writings
Library Of America
1598535137 / 978-1598535136
Nonfiction edited by Ms. Dillon.

2025

Death

Millicent Dillon died in a memory-care facility in Daly City, California, on January 27, 2025.

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