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Shirley Abbott

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Born: November 15 1934

Shirley Jean Abbott Tomkievicz is magazine editor and writer, most noted for her three volumes of memoirs.

Abbott began her career as an editor, writer, and historian in 1959 when she was hired by Horizon magazine as a fact checker. In 1973, she was appointed Horizon’s editor-in-chief, a post she held until the magazine closed three years later. Abbott has written articles for Smithsonian, Lear’s, Gourmet, Harper’s, American Heritage, Southern Living, McCall’s, Glamour, and Boston Review, as well as for newspapers.

Shirley Abbott

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Born: November 15 1934

Shirley Jean Abbott Tomkievicz is magazine editor and writer, most noted for her three volumes of memoirs.

Abbott began her career as an editor, writer, and historian in 1959 when she was hired by Horizon magazine as a fact checker. In 1973, she was appointed Horizon’s editor-in-chief, a post she held until the magazine closed three years later. Abbott has written articles for Smithsonian, Lear’s, Gourmet, Harper’s, American Heritage, Southern Living, McCall’s, Glamour, and Boston Review, as well as for newspapers.

Books from Shirley Abbott

The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound

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Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology Of Autobiographical Narratives By Twentieth Century American Women Writers

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The National Museum Of American History

The Art Of Food

Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives

The Future of Love