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Toby Talbot (1928-2025) Author. Toby Talbot was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Toby Talbot

Locations

BronxNassauNew YorkQueens

Author's Timeline


1928

Birth

Bronx County: Toby Talbot was born Toby Tolpen in the Bronx, New York, on November 29, 1928.

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Residence

Bronx County: Growing up, Ms. Talbot lived in the Pelham Parkway neighborhood of the Bronx, and graduated from Christopher Columbus High School.

1949

Other Life Event

Queens County: Ms. Talbot received a bachelor’s degree from Queens College in 1949.

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Other Life Event

Nassau County: Ms. Talbot taught Spanish at East Rockaway High School in East Rockaway, New York.

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Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Talbot taught Spanish literature at Columbia University and at New York University.

1970

Literary Work

Once Upon A Truffle
Cowles Book Company, Inc., New York
0402140044 / 978-0402140047
Children’s book.

1972

Literary Work

The Night of the Radishes
Putnam Pub Group
0399607552 / 978-0399607554
Children’s book.

1973

Literary Work

The Rescue
Putnam Pub Group
0399607862 / 978-0399607868
Children’s book.

1978

Literary Work

Dear Greta Garbo
Putnam Pub Group
0399206132 / 978-0399206139
Children’s book.

1980

Literary Work

A Book About My Mother
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374115427 / 978-0374115425
Memoir / biography.

2009

Literary Work

The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes From a Life at the Movies
Columbia University Press
0231145667 / 978-0231145664
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

New York County: Toby Talbot died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on September 15, 2025.

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