Kenneth Silverman is a professor of English, a graduate advisor in American Civilization, co-director of The
Biography Seminar at New York University, and an amateur magician. He lives in New York City.
Review
"Absorbing...compelling...balanced and carefully researched."
--New York Times
Submitted by the Publisher, April, 2002
Summary
From a Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer, the most revealing, fascinating, and important biography of one of
our greatest literary figures.
