fiction.wikisort.org - Writer

William Corbin (McGraw) (born January 22, 1916 in Des Moines, Iowa, died June 6, 1999 in Portland, Oregon) was an author and novelist of books for adults and children.[1]

Career

He started his writing career as a newspaperman and later married Eloise Jarvis McGraw, also an author. Corbin became more serious about writing fiction and moved into a house with a 23-acre filbert orchard to do so. Several of Corbin's works received awards. His novel Smoke was made into a movie of the same name in 1970,[2] and a British television series based on Corbin's Horse in the House was produced from 1977 to 1979.[3][1]

Personal life

William Corbin had two children, Lauren and Peter McGraw.[1]

Works

• Deadline (1952)[4]
• Horse in House (1964)
• Smoke (1967)[5]
• The Everywhere Cat (1970)[6]
• The Day Willie Wasn't (1971)[7]
• The Prettiest Gargoyle (1971)[8]
• The Pup with the Up and Down Tail (1972)[1]
• Golden Mare[9]
• High Road Home[10]
• A Dog Worth Stealing[11][12]
• Pony for Keeps[13]
• Me and the End of the World[1][14]

References

External links

• William Corbin at IMDb

---