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William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (August 16, 1908 – July 31, 2000) was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.
William Maxwell (born Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.—died July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor and author of spare, evocative short stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century.
Aug 23, 2021 · THE AMERICANS. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life. Though his novels and short stories — published over six decades, beginning in 1934 — are set in an older,...
Jul 31, 2000 · William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American novelist, and fiction editor at the New Yorker. He studied at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Maxwell wrote six highly acclaimed novels, a number of short stories and essays, children's stories, and a memoir, Ancestors (1972).
William Maxwell was a small-town boy from Illinois who edited some of the century's literary lions in 40 years at The New Yorker while also writing novels and short stories that...
Aug 1, 2000 · William Maxwell, a small-town boy from Illinois who edited some of the century's literary lions in 40 years at The New Yorker while also writing novels and short stories...
Apr 27, 2011 · As an aspiring writer, William Lychack was lucky enough to be mentored by his literary hero, longtime New Yorker editor, William Maxwell.
