William Lindsay Gresham
1909 - 1962
General Information
Bio
(1909-1962) Novelist. William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved to New York when he was a child.
Full Name
William Lindsay Gresham
Locations
Kings
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
After graduating from high school, Mr. Gresham worked in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.
Unknown
LITWORK
Nightmare Alley
Fiction.
Fiction.
1909
BIRTH
William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 20, 1909.
1926
OTHER
Mr. Gresham graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926.
1946
LITWORK
Nightmare Alley
New York: Rinehart and Company
Novel.
New York: Rinehart and Company
Novel.
1949
LITWORK
Limbo Tower
Rinehart
Novel.
Rinehart
Novel.
1953
LITWORK
Monster Midway
Rinehart
Nonfiction.
Rinehart
Nonfiction.
1959
LITWORK
Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
0030272602 / 978-0030272608
Nonfiction.
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
0030272602 / 978-0030272608
Nonfiction.
1962
LITWORK
The Book of Strength: Body Building the Safe, Correct Way
John Day Company
Nonfiction.
John Day Company
Nonfiction.
1962
DEATH
William Lindsay Gresham commited suicide by means of over-dosing on sleeping pills in the Dixie Hotel, now known as the Carter Hotel (Manhattan), in Manhattan, New York, on September 14, 1962, at age 53.
1962
INTERMENT
William Lindsay Gresham's remains were cremated and the ashes given to family.
2013
LITWORK
Grindshow: The Selected Writings of William Lindsay Gresham
Centipede Press
1613471114 / 978-1613471111
Collection of short stories and essays.
Centipede Press
1613471114 / 978-1613471111
Collection of short stories and essays.
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