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William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.
William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. (August 16, 1908 – July 31, 2000) was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at ''The New Yorker'' from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a legendary mentor and confidant to many of the most prominent authors of his day. Although best known as an editor, Maxwell was a highly respected and award winning novelist and short story writer. His stature as a celebrated author has grown in the years following his death.
==Early life==
Maxwell was born in Lincoln, Illinois on August 16, 1908. His parents were William Keepers Maxwell and Eva Blossom Blinn Maxwell. During the 1918 flu epidemic, the 10-year-old Maxwell became ill and survived, but his mother died. After his mother's death he was sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Bloomington, Illinois. Upon his father's remarriage, young Maxwell joined him in Chicago. He attended Senn High School. After graduating from the University of Illinois, Maxwell earned a master's degree at Harvard University.〔(William Maxwell, 91, Author and Legendary Editor, Dies ) New York Times, Retrieved March 23, 2013〕
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