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General Information:
Full Name: William Humphrey
Biography:
(1924-1997) Novelist. William Humphrey was born in Clarksville, Texas, and died in Hudson, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1924 (Unknown) County
William Humphrey was born in Clarksville, Texas, on June 18, 1924. 
1940 New York County
Mr. Humphrey moved to Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, in the 1940s. 
1949 Dutchess County
Mr. Humphrey began teaching at Bard College in Annadale-On-Hudson, New York, in 1949. 
1953 (Unknown) County
The Last Husband and Other Stories
(Pub: William Morrow ISBN: )
Short stories. 
1958 (Unknown) County
Home From The Hill
(Pub: Knopf ISBN: 0394429060 / 978-0394429069)
Novel. 
1965 Columbia County
Mr. Humphrey bought an apple farm in Hudson, New York, in 1965, which became his home for the remainder of his life. 
1965 (Unknown) County
The Ordways
(Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: 1112728198 / 978-1112728198)
Novel. 
1968 (Unknown) County
A Time and a Place
(Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: )
Short stories. 
1973 (Unknown) County
The Proud Flesh
(Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: 0701119470 / 978-0701119478)
Novel. 
1977 (Unknown) County
Farther Off from Heaven
(Pub: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: )
Memoir. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Hostages to Fortune
(Pub: Delacorte Press ISBN: 0385293550 / 978-0385293556)
Novel. 
1985 (Unknown) County
Collected Stories
(Pub: Delacorte / Lawrence ISBN: 038529400X / 978-0385294003)
Short stories. 
1986 (Unknown) County
Open Season: Sporting Adventures of William Humphrey
(Pub: Delacorte ISBN: )
Short fiction. 
1989 (Unknown) County
No Resting Place
(Pub: Delacorte Press ISBN: 0385297297 / 978-0385297295)
Novel. 
1992 (Unknown) County
September Song
(Pub: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence ISBN: 0395584140 / 978-0395584149)
Short stories. 
1997 (Unknown) County
After being diagnosed with larynx cancer in April, William Humphrey died at his home in Hudson, New York, on August 20, 1997, at age 73. 
? (Unknown) County
Mr. Humphrey published articles and short stories for magazines such as The Atlantic Monthy, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated. 

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