William E. Coles Jr. (1932–2005) was an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

and

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. Born in

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, Coles earned degrees from

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, the

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, the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

. From 1974 to 1998 he served as a professor and director of composition at the

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. Previously he taught at

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and at

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. Coles died on March 21, 2005. He was survived by his wife, Janet Kafka.

Books

* ''The Plural I'', English composition instruction book (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978). * ''Funnybone'', novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 1992). * '' Another Kind of Monday'', novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 1996). * '' Compass in the Blood'', novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 2001).

References

Sources

* ''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2006. * Matthew Lavelle (2007)
''Pennsylvania Center for the Book'': Profile of William E. Coles, Jr.
Retrieved November 29, 2008. * Storlie, Erik F. Go Deep & Take Plenty of Root: A Prairie-Norwegian Father, Rebellion in Minneapolis, Basement Zen, Growing Up, Growing Tender. Recollections of W.E. Coles, Chapters 6-7. Createspace 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coles, William E. Jr. 1932 births 2005 deaths Writers from Pittsburgh University of Connecticut alumni Lehigh University alumni University of Minnesota alumni University of Pittsburgh faculty American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Pennsylvania People from Summit, New Jersey