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February 03, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States

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aka P.J. Coyne

Hilary Masters (born February 3, 1928) is an American writer.

He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Edgar Lee Masters, a writer, 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 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 Ne...more

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Books by Hilary Masters

Average rating: 3.59 · 34 ratings · 5 reviews · 15 distinct works

	How the Indians Buried Their Dead: Stories 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Last Stands: Notes from Memory 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Elegy for Sam Emerson: A Novel 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	In Rooms of Memory: Essays 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Post: A Fable 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	In Montaigne's Tower: Essays 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cooper 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shadows On A Wall: Juan O'Gorman and the Mural in Patzcuaro 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	My rating:
	In Rooms of Memory: Essays 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Success: New and Selected Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	My rating: