Discipline: Literature

Anne Chamberlain

Discipline: Literature
Region: Marietta, OH
MacDowell Fellowships: 1955, 1956
Anne Chamberlain (1917-1989) is a writer best known as the author of The Tall Dark Man (1955), which has 22 editions. It was also turned into a television movie. She attended both Marietta College and the University of Cincinnati, and worked as a reporter for the Parkersburg News (Parkersburg, WV) from 1944-45, and continued as a book reviewer for the paper until 1954. She also taught creative writing at both Marietta College in Ohio (1958-1970) and Parkersburg Community College in West Virginia (1969-1974). Chamberlain also served as Director of the Ohio Valley Writers Conference, 1955-56. She is the author of two other books, The Darkest Bough (1958) and The Soldier Room (Bobbs-Merrill, 1956). In addition to her novel-length fiction, Chamberlain also contributed fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to numerous periodicals, including Family Circle, Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Day, and The New York Times Book Review. She contributed to the 1978 edition of the Writer's Handbook.