William Maxwell

William Maxwell (born Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.—died July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor and author of spare, evocative short stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Educated at the University of Illinois (B.A., 1930) and Harvard University (M.A., 1931), Maxwell taught English at the University of Illinois before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine, where he worked from 1936...