| 22, 1987, in the Streeterville area in Chicago)
is regarded as one of the American's most prolific writers, having produced
over 700 romantic, historic, and pornographic novels and books on chess.
He attended the University of Chicago in 1932 and Northwestern University,
where he graduated with a B.S. in 1937. He was an active member of the
Democratic Party his whole life.
Before he became a writer, he worked as an educator,
broadcaster, advertising manager, sales manager, announcer, account executive,
and translator (more detailed information on his career is available from
the "Contemporary Authors Online" database from Gale Research Inc.). He
also taught fiction in the City Colleges of Chicago. Underlining the extravagence
of his careers, he was an editor for Hospitality, a restaurant trade
magazine.
In addition to his real name, Paul H. Little,
he also published under several pseudonyms: Hugo Paul, Marie de Journlet,
Leigh Franklin James, Paula Minton, Kenneth Harding and Sylvia Sharon,
etc. He is regarded as a chess expert having contributed articles
on the game to chess periodicals as well as hotel and restaurant trade
publications.
Paul H. Little was the son of Israel Isaac (a
linen merchant) Little and Ida Marie (Demont) Litwinsky. He married Helen
Mary McGrew (a teacher and designer) on April 3, 1941. The couple had no
children.
| [Source: Chicago Tribune,
June 23, 1987,and Sunday Sun-Times, March 12, 1978] |
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