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  <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser (born October 7, 1922) is a writer, editor, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading magazines.

In his books, Zinsser emphasizes word economy. Author James J. Kilpatrick, in his book The Writer's Art says that if he were limited to just one book on how to write, it would be William Zinsser's On Writing Well. Adds Kilpatrick, &quot;Zinsser's sound theory is that 'writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it.'&quot;

Throughout the 1970s, Zinsser taught writing at Yale University where he was master of Branford College. He served as executive editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club from 1979 to 1987. He now lives in New York City, his hometown, and teaches at The New School and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>    <born_at>10/07/1922</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>1976</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>1987</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing To Learn]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to Sixteen of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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        <book id="35371">
  <title><![CDATA[Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mitchell &amp; Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Write a Memoir]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[William Knowlton Zinsser]]></name>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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