Hilary Masters, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Hilary Masters (February 3, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri – June 14, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American novelist, the son of poet Edgar Lee Masters, and Ellen Frances Coyne Masters.
He attended Davidson College from 1944–1946, then served in the U.S.
Navy from 1946 to 1947 as a naval correspondent.
He completed his BA at Brown University in 1952.Masters began his writing career after graduation in New York City with Bennett & Pleasant, press agents for concert and dance artists.
Next he worked independently as a theatrical press agent for Off Broadway and summer theaters from 1953 to 1956.
He then moved into journalism with the Hyde Park Record, in Hyde Park, New York from 1956 to 1959.
In the 1960s he was a Democratic candidate for New York's 100th Assembly District.
He also worked as a freelance photographer for Image Bank and exhibits.
He taught writing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Drake University, Clark University, Ohio University, and the University of Denver.
From 1983 until his death 32 years later he served as Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Masters married Polly Jo McCulloch in 1955 (divorced, 1986); they had three children.
In 1994 he married the writer Kathleen George.
Masters resided in Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets and died at home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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