Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 1937. Education: Columbia University, New York, B.A. (cum laude) 1959 (Phi Beta Kappa). Career: Recreation leader, New York City Department of Parks, early 1960s; English teacher, High School of Music and Art, and School of Performing Arts, both New York, 1962-64; Lecturer in English, City College, New York, 1965; assistant professor of English, Stanford University, California, 1965-68; assistant professor, 1968-72, associate professor, 1972-78, and professor of English, 1978-80, Herbert Lehman College, City University of New York; Mellon Visiting Professor of English, Rice University, Houston, 1979; visiting professor, 1980, and lecturer in creative writing, 1981-86, Princeton University, New Jersey; Visiting Distinguished Professor of English, City College of New York, 1988-89. Founding editor, Dutton Review, New York, 1970-72; executive editor, Fiction, New York, 1970-75. Member of the Executive Board, PEN American Center, since 1984, International Association of Crime Writers, since 1988, and Mystery Writers of America, since 1989. Since 1986 member of Playwright/Director Unit, Actors Studio, New York. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1979, 1984; Rosenthal Foundation award, 1981; Guggenheim grant, 1982. Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters (France), 1989. Agent: Georges Borchardt Inc., 136 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022, U.S.A.; or, Mic Cheetham, Anthony Sheil Associates, 43 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LF, England.
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