Quick
Bio
John MacDonald was
born in Sharon, Penn. in 1916. His family
moved to Utica when he was a young boy
and he graduated from Utica Free Academy.
He graduated from Syracuse University
in 1938 and a year later received his
Master's from Harvard.
He began
his writing career after joining the army
in 1940, serving in the Office of Strategic
Services in the Burma-China-India theatre.
Ten years later his first novel, The
Brass Cupcake,
was published.
MacDonald's
most well-known character, "Travis
McGee," is featured in over 20 of
his novels. His work has also been the
inspiration for several movies, perhaps
most notably Cape
Fear, which
was based on his novel The
Executioners.
During
his writing career, MacDonald spent most
of his time in Florida, although he was
an avid traveler. He spent a number of
summers at Piseco Lake in N.Y.
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