ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J. P. Marquand

June 27, 1955

J. P. Marquand, who here begins a whimsical series of letters from various officials of a mythical country club, is America's foremost novelist of manners and morals. His critical and popular successes include the recent Sincerely, Willis Wayde and the earlier Melville Goodwin, U.S.A., So Little Time, Wickford Point and The Late George Apley. Other Happy Knoll letters, dealing with such country club problems as breakage, deficits and the younger generation, will appear in forthcoming issues.