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John Hersey

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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several years as a journalist. Beginning in 1947, he devoted his time mainly to writing fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize, taught for two decades at Yale, and was president of the Authors League of America and chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Hersey died in 1993.

John Hersey Books

Under the Eye of the Storm book cover

Under the Eye of the Storm

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Here to Stay book cover

Here to Stay

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The War Lover book cover

The War Lover

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My Petition For More Space book cover

My Petition For More Space

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Life Sketches book cover

Life Sketches

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The Child Buyer book cover

The Child Buyer

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White Lotus book cover

White Lotus

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Too Far to Walk book cover

Too Far to Walk

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Fling and Other Stories book cover

Fling and Other Stories

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The President book cover

The President

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The Marmot Drive book cover

The Marmot Drive

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The Walnut Door book cover

The Walnut Door

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The Call book cover

The Call

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The Conspiracy book cover

The Conspiracy

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A Bell for Adano (Pulitzer Prize Winner) book cover

A Bell for Adano (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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The Wall book cover

The Wall

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A Single Pebble book cover

A Single Pebble

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Blues book cover

Blues

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Antonietta book cover

Antonietta

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Key West Tales book cover

Key West Tales

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