Jack Finney

Walter Braden Finney

Born October 2, 1911· Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

† Died November 14, 1995

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Born in Milwaukee and educated at Knox College, where he graduated in 1934, Finney entered the advertising world in New York before turning to fiction, selling short stories to magazines while raising a family. His first published piece appeared in Cosmopolitan in 1943, and a 1946 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine contest win brought early recognition; the novel 5 Against the House (1954) was quickl… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources