Paul Gallico
Born 26 July 1897 · Died 15 July 1976
From New York City, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Paul William Gallico was born in New York City, the son of an Italian father and an Austria mother who had emigrated to New York in 1895. He graduated from Columbia University in 1919 and became a a sportswriter, sports columnist, and sports editor of the New York Daily News in the 1920s. He became a national celebrity and one of the highest-paid sportswriters in America. In the late 1930s he abandoned sports writing for fiction and found success writing short stories for magazines such as the The Saturday Evening Post. Many of his novels, including The Snow Goose (which won the O. Henry prize for short stories in 1941), are expanded versions of his magazine stories. Over the course of his career, he wrote 41 books and numerous short stories, twenty theatrical movies, twelve TV movies, and had a TV series based on his Hiram Holliday short stories.
Quotes
“No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.”
Quoted in The New York Times, January 14, 1962
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Paul Gallico in order
Books by Paul Gallico in the order they were published, from The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1939) to Miracle in the Wilderness (1975).
- 1The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday1939 - 2The Lonely
The Lonely1947 - 3Jennie
Jennie1950 - 4The Abandoned
The Abandoned1950 - 5Snowflake
Snowflake1952 - 6The Foolish Immortals
The Foolish Immortals1953 - 7Love of Seven Dolls
Love of Seven Dolls1954 - 8Ludmila
Ludmila1955 - 9Flowers for Mrs. Harris
Flowers for Mrs. Harris1958 - 10Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris1958 - 11The Hurricane Story
The Hurricane Story1959 - 12The Silent Miaow
The Silent Miaow1964 - 13Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Parliament
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Parliament1965 - 14Mrs. Harris M.P
Mrs. Harris M.P1965 - 15The Man Who Was Magic
The Man Who Was Magic1966 - 16Three Legends
Three Legends1966 - 17Manxmouse
Manxmouse1968 - 18Matilda
Matilda1970 - 19The Zoo Gang
The Zoo Gang1971 - 20Mrs. Harris Goes to Moscow
Mrs. Harris Goes to Moscow1974 - 21Miracle in the Wilderness
Miracle in the Wilderness1975 - 22Love Is a Gimmick and Other Short StoriesLove Is a Gimmick and Other Short Stories
- 23The House That Wouldn't Go Away
The House That Wouldn't Go Away