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Davis Grubb

Born

in Moundsville, W. VA, The United States

July 23, 1913

Died

July 24, 1980

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery & Thrillers

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Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, Grubb wanted to combine his creative skills as a painter with writing and as such attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, his color blindness was a handicap he could not overcome and he gave up on painting to dedicate himself to writing fiction. He did, however, make a number of drawings and sketches during the course of his career, some of which were incorporated into his writings.

In 1940, Grubb moved to New York City where he worked at NBC radio as a writer while using his free time to write short stories. In the mid 1940s he was successful in selling several short stories to major magazines and in the early 1950s he started writing a full length ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 5,742 ratings · 523 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Night of the Hunter 4.17 avg rating — 1,563 ratings — published 1953 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	12 Stories of Suspense and the Supernatural 3.70 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1964 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fools' Parade 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Lights 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tree Full of Stars 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voices of Glory 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Never Believe Me: And Other Stories 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barefoot Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of My Brother 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Watchman 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1961 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Davis Grubb

“It's a hard world for little things.”
― Davis Grubb

tags: difficulty, little-things

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“Not that you mind the killings! There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord..”
― Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter

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“All that evening Nell sat alone in her bedroom trembling with curious satisfaction. For punishment Eva had been sent to her room without supper and Nell sat listening now to the even, steady sobs far off down the hall. It was dark and on the river shore a night bird tried its note cautiously against the silence. Down in the pantry, the dishes done, Suse and Jessie, dark as night itself, drank coffee by the great stove and mumbled over stories of the old times before the War. Nell fetched her smelling salts and sniffed the frosted stopper of the flowered bottle till the trembling stopped. ("Where The Woodbine Twineth")”
― Davis Grubb, American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's Until Now

tags: child, evening, punishment

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What shall we read in October, 2019? - Books published Pre-1980

Jubilee by Margaret Walker

27 votes 35.1%

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

22 votes 28.6%

A Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews

15 votes 19.5%

Half in Shadow by Mary Elizabeth Counselman

7 votes 9.1%

Fools' Parade by Davis Grubb

5 votes 6.5%

Better a Dinner of Herbs by Byron Herbert Reece

1 vote 1.3%

77 total votes

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