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Harding Lemay Contact Author
Author Biography
HARDING LEMAY was born, the fifth of thirteen children, in Northern New York State. He ran away from home at seventeen to New York City where he has lived ever since. He was a delivery boy and elevator operator before serving in the U. S. Army during World War II, then an actor, librarian and book publishing executive before devoting himself full time to writing. He has written over twelve full length plays and two memoirs, Inside, Looking Out, (Harpers Magazine Press, nominated for the National Book Award) and Eight Years in Another World (Atheneum). He was the headwriter of NBC's daytime serial, Another World, for eight years and has been a scriptwriter and story consultant on other serials, including As the World Turns, The Doctors, Ryan's Hope, The Guiding Light and One Life to Live. In New York City, he has taught literature, drama and serial writing at New York University, Hunter College and the New School for Social Research. Other plays by Harding Lemay: Look at Any Man From a Dark Land Little Birds Fly Return Upriver The Joslyn Circle The Off Season Escape Route Interior Landscape A Far, Far Better World In the Eye of Heaven Books: Look At Any Man / From A Dark Land Escape Route / Interior Landscape (two plays) THE JOSLYN CIRCLE and THE OFF SEASON (two plays) Little Birds Fly / Return Upriver (two plays) Death of Eagles / Scrutiny (Two Plays) A Far, Far Better World/In The Eye of Heaven (TWO PLAYS)