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(1922-2013) Author, novelist. William Demby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.

Full Name

William Demby

Locations

Suffolk

Author's Timeline

1922

BIRTH

William Edward Demby Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1922.

1950

LITWORK

Beetlecreek
New York: Reinhart & Company

Novel.

1965

LITWORK

The Catacombs
Random House / Pantheon Books

Novel.

1969

OTHER

Mr. Demby began teaching English at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York in 1969.

1978

LITWORK

Love Story Black
Dutton

Novel.

1980

LITWORK

Blue Boy
Knopf Paperbacks
0394840712 / 978-0394840710
Novel.

2008

LITWORK

King Comus


Novel.

2013

DEATH

William Demby died at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, on May 23, 2013.

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