COLEMAN, WILLIAM LAURENCE, 1920-1982
Biography:
Novelist, playwright, editor. Born– August 2, 1920, Bartow, Georgia. Parents– John Aldine and Delle Coleman. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1942. U.S. Navy, WWII. Served as associate editor of Ladies Home Journal, 1947-50; Collier’s, 1951-55; Good Housekeeping, 1961-63; and McCall’s, 1964-72. Wrote novels and plays. Member Authors Guild and Authors League of America. Died August 13, 1982.
Source:
Contemporary Authors online
Publication(s):
Adams Way. New York; Dutton, 1953.
Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1973.
Clara. New York; Dutton, 1952.
Escape the Thunder. New York; Dutton, 1944.
The Golden Vanity, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1962.
King. New York; McGraw, 1967.
“—I Cat Hattie, and Kingdom Come,” a Burlesque Melodrama in Three Acts. University, Ala.; L. Raines, 1942.
Jolly’s Progress. Play produced in New York City, 1959.
The Legacy of Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1980.
Look Away, Beulah Land; a Novel. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1977.
Mark. Simon and Schuster, 1981.
Next of Kin. Play. Produced NY, 1955.
Orphan Jim, a Novel. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1975.
A Place for Polly. Play produced in New York City, 1970.
Sam; a Novel. New York; D. McKay, 1959.
Ship’s Company. Cincinnati; Little, 1955.
The Sound of Spanish Voices. New York; Dutton, 1951.
The Southern Lady, a Novel. Cincinnati; Little, 1958.
Time Moving West. New York; Dutton, 1947.
A Warm Body. Play produced in New York City, 1967.
“Wreath Without Laurel”; an Anti-war Fantasy. University, Ala.; L. Raines, 1940.