William Zinsser
American writer, editor and teacher
William Zinsser was an American writer, editor and teacher. He wrote On Writing Well, a widely read guide to writing nonfiction.
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American Born 1922 in New York City, United States Died 2015
About William Zinsser
William Zinsser (1922 to 2015) started out in 1946 at the New York Herald Tribune, working as a writer, editor and critic. In 1959 he left to freelance for magazines, and he wrote a column for Life between 1968 and 1972. He taught nonfiction writing at Yale in the 1970s and later taught at The New School and Columbia. On Writing Well, first published in 1976, is a style guide for nonfiction writers, and an estimated 1.5 million copies have been sold. Zinsser also wrote about subjects such as music, baseball and American travel. He was a jazz pianist and songwriter too.