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General Information:
Full Name: James Purdy
Biography:
(1914-2009) Writer. James Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1914 (Unknown) County
James Otis Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, in 1914. 
1957 (Unknown) County
Color Of Darkness
(Pub: New Directions Press. ISBN: )
Collection of stories and a novella. 
1959 (Unknown) County
Malcolm
(Pub: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. ISBN: )
Novel.  
1960 (Unknown) County
The Nephew
(Pub: New York: Farrar. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1962 (Unknown) County
Children Is All
Collection of stories and short plays. 
1964 (Unknown) County
Cabot Wright Begins
(Pub: New York: Farrar. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1967 (Unknown) County
Eustace Chisholm And The Works
(Pub: New York: Farrar. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Jeremy's Version
(Pub: New York: Doubleday. ISBN: )
Novel. Part One of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys." 
1974 (Unknown) County
The House Of The Solitary Maggot
(Pub: New York: Doubleday. ISBN: )
Novel. Part Two of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys." 
1981 (Unknown) County
Mourners Below
(Pub: New York: Viking. ISBN: )
Novel. Part Three of "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys." 
1984 (Unknown) County
On Glory's Course
(Pub: New York: Viking. ISBN: )
Novel. 
2009 (Unknown) County
James Purdy died in Englewood, New Jersey, in 2009. 
? Kings County
Purdy lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York. 

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