William Sloane (writer)

Not to be confused with William Milligan Sloane.
William Sloane
Born(1906-08-15)August 15, 1906
Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedSeptember 25, 1974(1974-09-25) (aged 68)
New City, New York, U.S.
Alma materPrinceton University

William Milligan Sloane III (August 15, 1906 – September 25, 1974[1][2][3][4]) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction literature, and a publisher. Sloane is known best for his novel To Walk the Night.[5]

From 1955 until his death in New City, New York, Sloane was the director of the Rutgers University Press in New Jersey. Before then, he had spent more than 25 years working for several other publishers.[4] He formed his own publishing company, William Sloane Associates, in 1946.[4][6] William Sloane Associates was sold to William Morrow and Company in 1952.[7]

  1. ^ U.S. Census, 1910, State of Pennsylvania, County of Montgomery, enumeration district 137, pp. 1-A, 1-B, family 14.
  2. ^ Passenger list of the S.S. Lapland, port of New York, 9 September 1928.
  3. ^ Social Security Death Index.
  4. ^ a b c "William Sloane, 68, Publisher, Is Dead", The New York Times, Sept. 26, 1974, p. 32.
  5. ^ Robert Bloch, "Robert Bloch's Ten Favorite Horror-Fantasy Novels" in The Book of Lists: horror. Amy Wallace, Scott Bradley, and Del Howison, New York: Harper, 2008. ISBN 9780061537264. p. 253.
  6. ^ Biography of William M. Sloane, Princeton University Library Manuscripts Division.
  7. ^ "FOB: Firms Out of Business". norman.hrc.utexas.edu.