Biography:

Novelist, playwright, editor. Born– August 2, 1920, Bartow, Georgia. Parents– John Aldine and Delle Coleman. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1942. U.S. Navy, WWII.  Served as associate editor of Ladies Home Journal, 1947-50; Collier’s, 1951-55; Good Housekeeping, 1961-63; and McCall’s, 1964-72. Wrote novels and plays. Member Authors Guild and Authors League of America.  Died August 13, 1982.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Adams Way. New York; Dutton, 1953.

Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1973.

Clara. New York; Dutton, 1952.

Escape the Thunder. New York; Dutton, 1944.

The Golden Vanity, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1962.

King. New York; McGraw, 1967.

“—I Cat Hattie, and Kingdom Come,” a Burlesque Melodrama in Three Acts. University, Ala.; L. Raines, 1942.

Jolly’s Progress.  Play produced in New York City, 1959.

The Legacy of Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1980.

Look Away, Beulah Land; a Novel. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1977.

Mark.  Simon and Schuster, 1981.

Next of Kin. Play. Produced NY, 1955.

Orphan Jim, a Novel. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1975.

A Place for Polly.  Play produced in New York City, 1970.

Sam; a Novel. New York; D. McKay, 1959.

Ship’s Company. Cincinnati; Little, 1955.

The Sound of Spanish Voices. New York; Dutton, 1951.

The Southern Lady, a Novel. Cincinnati; Little, 1958.

Time Moving West. New York; Dutton, 1947.

A Warm Body.  Play produced in New York City, 1967.

“Wreath Without Laurel”; an Anti-war Fantasy. University, Ala.; L. Raines, 1940.