Charles Simmons (author) explained

Charles Simmons (author) should not be confused with Charles Simmons (author, born 1798).

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), 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 Britannica.

He was formerly an editor of The New York Times Book Review.^{[2] [3]} Simmons graduated from Regis High School and then Columbia University in 1948.^[4]

Selected works

• Simmons, Charles (1973). Powdered Eggs. Penguin Books.
• Simmons, Charles (1978). Wrinkles. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
• Simmons, Charles (1987). The Belles Lettres Papers. William Morrow.
• Simmons, Charles (1988). An Old-fashioned Darling. Penguin Books.
• Coleman, Alexander (Editor); Simmons, Charles (Editor). (1994). All There Is to Know: Readings From the Illustrious Eleventh Edition of the Britannica. Simon & Schuster.
• Simmons, Charles (1999). Salt Water. Gallery Books.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92 . Sam . Roberts . June 7, 2017 . . June 8, 2017 . https://archive.today/20170608073944/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/books/charles-simmons-dead-novelist-and-satirist.html?_r=0 . 2017-06-08 . dead .
2. News: 24 (At Least) Little Pigs. Simmons. Charles. 13 November 1983. The New York Times. 45. 12 March 2011.
3. News: Schiff. Stephen. 1987-05-24. Anyone we know?. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-05-07. 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Fall 2017. Other Deaths Reported. live. July 13, 2021. Columbia College Today. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223185927/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall17/article/other-deaths-reported . 2017-12-23 .