Andrew Turnbull

Andrew Winchester Turnbull (February 2, 1921 – January 10, 1970) was an American biographer, scholar, and essayist who wrote acclaimed biographies of novelists F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe.

At the time of his death, Turnbull was suffering from depression and had sought psychiatric help. At age 48, while a visiting professor at Brown University, he committed suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning in a closed garage at his Brattle Street home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 10, 1970. He was survived by his wife, Joanne Johnson Turnbull, and their two daughters Joanne T. and Frances L. Turnbull.

Publications Volumes Scott Fitzgerald (Scribners, 1962) The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribners, 1963) Thomas Wolfe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968)

Articles "Scott Fitzgerald at La Paix" (The New Yorker, March 30, 1956) "Further Notes On Fitzgerald At La Paix" (The New Yorker, November 9, 1956) "The Last Buffoon" (The New York Times, July 22, 1962) "Perkins's Three Generals (The New York Times Book Review, July 16, 1967)