Charles Simmons (author)

Charles Simmons (born 1924) is an American editor and novelist. His first novel, Powdered Eggs (1964), was awarded the William Faulkner Foundation Award (1965) for a notable first novel. Later works include Salt Water (1998),^{[N 1]} The Belles Lettres Papers, and Wrinkles and co-author together with Alexander Coleman of All There Is To Know - Readings From The Illustrious Eleventh Edition Of The Encyclopaedia Britannica

He was formerly an editor of The New York Times Book Review.^[2]

References

Notes

1. A retelling of Turgenev's First Love, The New York Times called Salt Water "a small masterpiece".^[1]

Citations

1. "Going Under". The New York Times. September 6, 1998.
2. Simmons, Charles (13 November 1983). "24 (At Least) Little Pigs". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 12 March 2011.