William Zinsser (1922–2015)
Author of On Writing Well
About the Author
William Knowlton Zinsser (October 7, 1922 - May 12, 2015) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer. Throughout the 1970s, show more Zinsser taught writing at Yale University. He wrote 18 books, including On Writing Well, which is in its 17th edition. Zinsser died at the age of 92 in Manhattan on May 12, 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: William Zinsser, author of the classic On Writing Well. Copied from On Memoir, Truth and 'Writing Well'.
Series
Works by William Zinsser
American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to 15 of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites (1992) 61 copies
WEEKEND GUESTS: From "We're So Glad You Could Come" to "We're So Sorry You Have to Go" and Vice-Versa (1963) 4 copies
The lunacy boom 2 copies
The city dwellers 1 copy
There Are Smiles 1 copy
The paradise bit : a novel 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Zinsser, William Knowlton
- Birthdate
- 1922-10-07
- Date of death
- 2015-05-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Niantic, Connecticut, USA - Education
- Princeton University (BA|1944)
- Occupations
- writer
editor
teacher
journalist - Relationships
- Zinsser, Caroline (wife)
- Organizations
- Yale University
The New School
Columbia University
Book-of-the-Month Club
New York Herald-Tribune
United States Army (WWII)
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Statistics
- Works
- 31
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 9,294
- Popularity
- #2,595
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 108
- ISBNs
- 97
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 8
The author includes a lot of real-life writing samples to illustrate his points. Some of these are great, and others are boring (even when Zinsser thinks they're great).
The book is a little long for my taste, but there's a lot of good advice here and I'll definitely return to it in the future.
Note: There are a few curse words.… (more)