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August 16, 1908
William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2000)

William Keepers Maxwell Jr.
William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.