About John Mersereau
Lived 1898 – 1989 (aged 90–91). John Mersereau was a novelist.
John Mersereau (1898–1989) was an American novelist. Several of his stories were made into films. His novels include The Corpse Comes Ashore, Murder Loves Company, and Whispering Canyon. Whispering Canyon was adapted into the 1926 film Whispering Canyon. He also wrote the novel that the movie The Checkered Flag was based on.
John Mersereau Jr. (1925 - 2009) wrote Overdue at Immokalee: A Tale of Preemptive Assassination and several books on Russian literature, poetry, and language.
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Who was John Mersereau?
American novelist
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John Mersereau was born in 1898.
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John Mersereau died on 18 February 1989.
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John Mersereau was a novelist.
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