Dan Wickenden

Leonard Daniel Wickenden (March 24, 1913 – October 27, 1989) was an American author and editor. Notable works include The Running of the Deer, The Wayfarers and The Amazing Vacation.^[1]

Dan Wickenden
Born	Leonard Daniel Wickenden (1913-03-24)March 24, 1913 Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Died	October 27, 1989(1989-10-27) (aged 76) Weston, Connecticut
Occupation	Novelist, editor
Education	Amherst College (BA)
Period	1921-1956
Genre	Family life, short stories, fantasy
Notable works	The Wayfarers, Tobias Brandywine, The Amazing Vacation
Spouse	Hermione Hillman

Biography

Wickenden was born by English-born parents in Tyrone, Pennsylvania and grew up in Long Island. He graduated from Amherst College in 1935.^[2] At the early stages of his career, he published short stories on Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.^[1]

His first significant contribution as a novelist was The Running of the Deer, a best-selling book about two families from Long Island. He revisited the theme of family life for his next novel, Walk Like a Mortal. He spent a 10-month period in Panajachel, Guatemala, living in a village next to Lake Atitlán with other artists. He returned to the United States in May 1948.^[3]

In 1953 he became associate editor at book publisher Harcourt Brace.^[1] He eventually became senior editor, and he worked with notable authors that included Eudora Welty, James Gould Cozzens, and Wendell Berry.^[2] He retired in 1978, but he continued work in consulting and editing as a freelancer.^[2] He died of heart attack at his residence in Weston, Connecticut on October 27, 1989.^[1]

Works

• The Running of the Deer (1937)
• Walk Like a Mortal (1940)
• The Wayfarers (1945)
• Tobias Brandywine (1948)
• The Dry Season (1950 )
• The Red Carpet (1952)
• The Amazing Vacation (1956)