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William Alexander McPherson

Born: 03/16/1933   Sault Sainte Marie , MI
Died: 03/28/2017
Parents: Harold Agnew McPherson, Ruth (Brubaker) McPherson
Spouse: Elizabeth Mosher (divorced, 1979)
Children: Jane Elizabeth
Address(es):
Washington , District of Columbia
Contact Information:
Website : http://williammcpherson.tumblr.com/

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
To the Sargasso Sea Fiction Adult New York : Simon and Schuster 1987
The Great American Novel
- With Francine du Plessix Gray and Larry McMurtry 		Non Fiction Adult National Public Radio in Washington D. C. 1987
Testing the Current
- A year in the life of 8 yr. old Tommy MacAllister 		Fiction Adult New York : Simon and Schuster 1984
Other writings:
- Poetry, ghost writer, book reviews, articles, poems have appeared in Life, Esquire, New Republic and others

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism 1977

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 34 1986
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 69-72 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 28 		1978 -1990

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Attended George Washington University Washington,DC 1960 -1962
Attended Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1956 -1958
Attended University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1951 -1955

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Writer
- lived in and wrote about Romania for Granta, the Wilson Quarterly, the Washington Post, and Slate. 		Romania 1989 -1996
Editor and other positions Book World 1972 -1985
Faculty American University WashingtonDC 1971 -1975
Daily Book Editor Washington Post Washington D. C. 1969 -1972
Senior Editor William Morrow New York 1966 -1969
Staff writer, editor Washington Post Washington D. C. 1959 -1966
Copyperson Washington Post Washington D. C. 1958

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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