About Roy S. Simmonds
Lived 1925 – 2001 (aged 76). Roy S. Simmonds was a British historian, biographer and literary scholar.
Roy S. Simmonds (September 16, 1925 – November 10, 2001) was an English literary scholar and critic best known for his biographies of John Steinbeck, William March and Edward O'Brien.
Works The Two Worlds of William March (1984). William March: An Annotated Checklist (1989). John Steinbeck: The War Years, 1939-1945 (1996). A Biographical and Critical Introduction of John Steinbeck (2000). Edward J. O’Brien and His Role in the Rise of the American Short Story in the 1920s and 1930s (2001).
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Hobby author and civil servant, UK
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Roy S. Simmonds was born on 16 September 1925.
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Roy S. Simmonds died on 10 November 2001.
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Roy S. Simmonds was a historian, biographer and literary scholar.
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