Chester Aaron

Chester Aaron (May 9, 1923 – August 30, 2019 ) was an American writer.

Early life and education He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to Albert and Celia (Charleson) Aaron.

He attended the following schools: Butler Senior High School, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

Career In addition to his writing, he has worked as a steel worker, an X-ray technician, a college professor, and a garlic farmer.

Works For young adults: Better than Laughter (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972) Translated into German by Irmela Bender, illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Beltz & Gelberg (Weinheim, Germany): Besser also Lachen: Kinderroman [Better Than Laughter], 1976, Im Wettlauf mit der Zeit [...] [In A Race Against Time], 1991,

An American Ghost, illustrated by David Lemon (Harcourt, 1973); reprinted 2011 by Zumaya Publications Hello to Bodega (Atheneum Books, 1976) Spill (Atheneum, 1978) Catch Calico! (E. P. Dutton, 1979) Gideon: A Novel (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1982) Duchess (Lippincott, 1982) Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Lippincott, 1985) Lackawanna: A Novel (Lippincott, 1986) Alex, Who Won His War (New York: Walker Publ. Co., 1991) Willa's Poppy (Zumaya, 2005) Home to the Sea (Brown Barn Books, 2008)

For adults: The Cowbank (1955) – play produced at University of California Berkeley About Us: A Novel (McGraw-Hill, 1967); reprinted 2012 by Zumaya – autobiographical novel Garlic Is Life: A Memoir with Recipes (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1996) The Great Garlic Book: A Guide with Recipes (Ten Speed Press, 1997) Garlic Kisses: Human Struggles with Garlic Connections (Milan OH: Mostly Garlic, 2001); reprinted 2004 by Zumaya Black and Blue Jew: A Novel (Creative Arts, 2002) Whispers (Zumaya., 2004) Symptoms of Terminal Passion (El Leon Literary Arts, 2006) Murder by Metaphor, (Zumaya, 2009) 25 Loves (Andrea Young Arts, 2009) About Them: A Novel (El Literary Arts–Manoa Books, 2011)