Person Detail: William Gaddis

General Information:
Full Name: William Gaddis
Biography: (1922-1998) Writer, novelist. William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in Massapequa, New York. He returned to New York, worked as a fact checker for The New Yorker, and as a speech writer for the Pfizer Corporation.
Author's Timeline:
1922		New York County William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York in 1922.
1955		(Unknown) County The Recognitions (Pub: New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955; London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. ISBN: ) Novel.
1975		(Unknown) County JR (Pub: New York: Knopf, 1975; London: Cape, 1976. ISBN: ) Novel, winner of National Book Award.
1985		(Unknown) County Carpenter's Gothic (Pub: New York: Viking, 1985; London: Deutch, 1986. ISBN: ) Novel.
1994		(Unknown) County A Frolic of His Own Novel, winner of National Book Award.
1998		Suffolk County William Gaddis died in East Hampton, New York in 1998.
2002		(Unknown) County Agape Agape Novel.
2002		(Unknown) County The Rush for Second Place Short fiction.
?		New York County Gaddis moved to New York, worked as a fact checker for The New Yorker, and as a speech writer for the Pfizer Corporation.
?		Nassau County Gaddis lived with his mother in Massapequa, New York until he was five.