Vernon J. Sneider (6 October 1916 – 1 May 1981) was an American novelist. His 1951 novel '' The Teahouse of the August Moon'' was later adapted for a Broadway play in 1953, a motion picture in 1956, and the Broadway musical ''

Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen ''Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen'' is a musical with a book by John Patrick and music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood. Overview The musical is based on Patrick's 1953 play and screenplay '' The Teahouse of the August Moon''. It ...

'' in 1970. John Patrick 's play ''The Teahouse of the August Moon'' won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1954. Sneider's novel ''

A Pail of Oysters ''A Pail of Oysters'' is a novel by Vern Sneider published in 1953. Set during Taiwan's White Terror era, the book "tells the tragic story of three young Taiwanese people who become involved with an American journalist". Sympathetic to the Taiwane ...

'', about life during the

White Terror White Terror is the name of several episodes of mass violence in history, carried out against anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, revolutionaries, or other opponents by conservative or nationalist groups. It is sometimes contrasted wit ...

under the Chinese Nationalists regime in Taiwan, was reissued by Camphor Press on February 28, 2016, the 69th anniversary of the 1947 2-28 Incident. He was born and died in

Monroe, Michigan Monroe is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Monroe had a population of 20,462 in the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but the two are administered autonomo ...

. He was the son of Fred Sneider and Matilda D. Althaver Sneider. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1940, he entered the Army. He was a member of a military government team that landed in Okinawa in April 1945. There he became commander of Tobaru, a village of 5,000 people that became Tobiki Village in ''The Teahouse''. He was married first to Barbara Lee Cook (1925–1968).

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* Mrs. June Sneider, The widow of Vern Sneider, holds copyrights for his works. She can be reached by mail at:
:210 W. Cross Street, # 148, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sneider, Vern 1916 births 1981 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists People from Monroe, Michigan 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Michigan