Caldwell, Taylor

Caldwell, Taylor

▪ American author
in full  Janet Taylor Caldwell 
born Sept. 7, 1900, Manchester, Eng.
died Aug. 30, 1985, Greenwich, Conn., U.S.

      highly popular American novelist, known for her family sagas and historical fiction.

      Caldwell moved to the United States with her family in 1907 and settled in Buffalo, New York. Interested in writing from an early age, she worked from 1923 to 1931 in various capacities in Buffalo offices of the U.S. Labor Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service while working her way through the University of Buffalo (now the State University of New York at Buffalo). She graduated in 1931.

      Caldwell's first published work, a novel entitled Dynasty of Death (1938), created a minor sensation in its portrayal of a family of munitions makers. The saga was continued in The Eagles Gather (1940) and The Final Hour (1944). Her other books, typically dramatic tales set in the past and nearly all very popular, include The Earth Is the Lord's (1940), The Arm and the Darkness (1943), The Turnbulls (1943), This Side of Innocence (1946), Let Love Come Last (1949), The Devil's Advocate (1952), Tender Victory (1956), Dear and Glorious Physician (1959), A Prologue to Love (1961), To See the Glory (1963), Testimony of Two Men (1968), The Captains and the Kings (1972), Ceremony of the Innocent (1976), and Bright Flows the River (1978).

      Caldwell remained an extremely popular writer throughout her life. Her 1981 novel Answer as a Man made the New York Times best-seller list before its official publication date, and many of her books were dramatized for motion pictures or television.

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