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| Born | January 19, 1908 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | September 26, 1993 (aged 85) Sandy Spring, Maryland |
| Occupation | writer, critic, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame |
| Literary movement | Catholic Literary Revival |
| Notable works | Dearly Beloved Dayspring Moon Gaffney |
| Notable awards | O. Henry Prize (1934) |
| Spouse | Rita Ryall Davis
(m. 1936; div. 1955)Janet Hart (m. 1955) |
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Harry Ambrose Sylvester (January 19, 1908 – September 26, 1993) was an American short-story writer and novelist in the first half of the 20th century. His stories were published in popular magazines such as Collier's, Esquire, Columbia, and Commonweal. The most popular of his novels were Dearly Beloved (1942), Dayspring (1945), and Moon Gaffney (1947). He was asked to turn John Steinbeck's script for Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944) into a short story. This version was published in Collier's in 1943, with Steinbeck and Hitchcock both receiving writing credits.
He is remembered primarily as the author of Dayspring and a friend of Ernest Hemingway.