Andrew Coburn (author)

Andrew Coburn (May 1, 1932 – August 7, 2018) was an American writer from Exeter, New Hampshire.
A ''New York Times'' best-selling novelist, short-story author, essayist and newspaper reporter and columnist, Coburn was the author of 13 novels which have been translated into over 14 languages throughout the world.

He was married to Bernadine Casey Coburn, a former journalist and publicist now teaching writing at a women's jail, with whom he has one son and four daughters. They lived in Andover, Massachusetts.

Literary career

Coburn's early journalism career included publishing his own newspapers ''The Journal of Greater Lawrence'' and ''Greater Lawrence Today'', having begun his career at the '' Lawrence Eagle Tribune'' in North Andover, Massachusetts. Many of his articles have been archived at the Lawrence Public Library. A comprehensive lifetime collection of his manuscripts, journals, newspaper articles and personal correspondence are catalogued at Special Collections, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst. ( http://scua.library.umass.edu/umarmot/coburn-andrew/ )

Coburn's most recent project is a novella titled ''Spouses & Other Crimes'', which is a collection of 11 short stories first published in periodicals, literary magazines and online. It was due to be released in October, 2014.

Film adaptations

Three of his novels have been adapted into films.
*''Off Duty'' (1980) was adapted into the French film ' by director .
*''Widow's Walk'' (1984) was adapted into the French film ' (1987), starring Philippe Noiret and Guy Marchand, for which he was nominated for France's national film award, the César Award.
*''Sweetheart'' (1985) was adapted into the French film, ''Toutes peines confondues'' (1992). The film was distributed worldwide including Germany under the title ''Sweetheart'', and in Italy under the title ''Marbel''. Although first released over two decades ago, ''Sweetheart'' remains a popular cult film to this day.

Bibliography

Novels

*''The Trespassers'' (1974)
*''The Babysitter'' (1979)
*''Off Duty'' (1980)
*''Company Secrets'' (1982)
*''Widow's Walk'' (1984)
*''Sweetheart'' (1985)
*''Love Nest'' (1987)
*''Goldilocks'' (1989)
*''No Way Home'' (1992)
*''Voices in the Dark'' (1994)
*''Birthright'' (1998)
*''On the Loose'' (2006)
*''My Father's Daughter'' (novella 2007)
*''Spouses & Other Crimes'' (to be released October, 2014)

Non-fiction

*"Plum Island" (2007)
*''Updike of Ipswich'' (2009)

Stories

Some 30 of his uncollected short stories appear in various literary journals. The ''Transatlantic Review'' (New York, London) published his early short fiction.Transatlantic Review 14
(1963). Retrieved 8/27/2014

Awards

* Eugene Saxton Fellowship, 1965
* United Press Award (UPI), 1967 (for journalism) ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', North Andover, Massachusetts
* Associated Press Award, (AP), 1968 (for journalism) ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', North Andover, Massachusetts
* Editors' Award for Fiction, "Hearty Women", ''Fifth Wednesday Journal'', 2009

Other honors and nominations

* Awarded an honorary doctor of Letters from Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, 1987, honoring both his writing career in journalism and as a novelist
* Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee for ''Goldilocks'', (1989)
* Nominated for Pushcart Award, 2009, "Hearty Women," 2009
* Named in ''Contrary Magazine''s 10-year commemorative issue for best short stories for his short story, "Plum Island", 2013

References

External links

Fantastic Fiction

Obituary

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1932 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American mystery writers
Boston University people
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
People from Exeter, New Hampshire