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(1922-2015) Author. William Zinsser was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

William Knowlton Zinsser

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Zinsser taught writing at the New School in Manhattan, New York.

1922

BIRTH

William Knowlton Zinsser was born in Manhattan, New York, on October 7, 1922.

1966

LITWORK

Pop Goes America
Harper and Row Publishers

Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

On Writing Well
Harper & Row Publishers
0060147989 / 978-0060147983
Nonfiction.

1983

LITWORK

Writing With a Word Processor
Harper and Row
0060150556 / 978-0060150556
Nonfiction.

1984

LITWORK

Willie and Dwike: An American Profile
Harpercollins
0060152753 / 978-0060152758
Nonfiction.

1988

LITWORK

Writing To Learn: How To Write--and Think--Clearly About Any Subject at All
Harper & Row
0060158840 / 978-0060158842
Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

Spring Training
Harpercollins
0060160594 / 978-0060160593
Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to 16 of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites
Harpercollins
006016638X / 978-0060166380
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs
David R Godine
1567921477 / 978-1567921472
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Writing About Your Life: A Journey Into the Past
Marlowe & Company
1569244685 / 978-1569244685
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher
Harper
0061729027 / 978-0061729027
Nonfiction.

2015

DEATH

William Zinsser died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on May 12, 2015.

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