Charles Simmons (author)

Not to be confused with Charles Simmons (author, born 1798).
Simmons in 1987

Charles Paul Simmons (August 17, 1924 – June 1, 2017)[1] was 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.[3][4] Simmons graduated from Regis High School and then Columbia University in 1948.[5]

  1. ^ Roberts, Sam (June 7, 2017). "Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Going Under". The New York Times. September 6, 1998.
  3. ^ Simmons, Charles (13 November 1983). "24 (At Least) Little Pigs". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  4. ^ Schiff, Stephen (1987-05-24). "Anyone we know?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. ^ "Other Deaths Reported". Columbia College Today. Fall 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved July 13, 2021.


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