Author: Kelly, John
Alternate names: Kelly, John, 1913-1966
Born: 1913
Died: 1966
Bio: John Kelley worked at different times in his life as an editor, a market analyst, and a professor of literature and creative writing at Marymount College in New York and at the University of Maryland. During World War II he served as an economist on the United States Government Board of Economic Warfare. Kelly graduated from Yale University in 1934. He received a B.A. degree in 1937 and an M.A. degree in 1941 from Cambridge University (Kings College), and undertook special graduate studies at Harvard University in 1937-1938. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1913, Kelly lived for many years in Cismont, Virginia, and died in New York City in 1966. His other writings include a novel published in 1947 entitled All Souls' Night and articles and book reviews for various newspapers and journals. -University of Virginia Library