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Simmons, Charles
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Charles Paul Simmons was born in Manhattan, New York on August 17, 1924. He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and served in the Army during World War II. After stints in book and magazine publishing, he was hired as a copy boy at The Times, where he also composed brief commentaries for the editorial pages. He worked as an editor for The New York Times Book Review for thirty years. He wrote five novels during his lifetime including Powdered Eggs, An Old-Fashioned Darling, Wrinkles, The Belle Lettres Papers, and Salt Water. He died on June 1, 2017 at the age of 92.
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