Leroi Placet, known by his pen name Louis Paul (c. 1902 – February 13, 1970),[1] was an American short story writer and novelist.

He corresponded with John Steinbeck.[2] His work appeared in American Mercury[3] and Esquire.[4] He adapted his book Breakdown into the play The Cup of Trembling, which opened in Boston April 5, 1948.[5]

Awards

• 1934 O. Henry Award

Works

• The pumpkin coach. Literary Guild. 1935.
• A horse in Arizona. Doubleday, Doran. 1936.
• Emma. Doubleday, Doran. 1937.
• The man who left home. The Black cat press. 1938.
• A passion for privacy. Knopf. 1940.
• The Reverend Ben Pool: a novel. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. 1941.
• This is my brother: a novel. Crown publishers. 1943.
• Breakdown. Crown publishers. 1946.
• A father in the family. Crown Publishers. 1951.
• The man who came home. Crown Publishers. 1953.
• Heroes, kings, and men. Dial Press. 1955.
• Dara, the Cypriot. Simon and Schuster. 1959.
• Papa Luigi's marionettes. I. Washburn. 1962.
• The way art happens. Washburn. 1963.

Anthologies

• Charles Grayson (2005). "A Cup of Coffee". Stories for Men: An Anthology. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4191-1333-8.
• Arnold Gingrich, ed. (1953). The Esquire treasury: the best of twenty years of Esquire. Simon and Schuster.

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