Charles G. Finney

See also: Charles Grandison Finney, American evangelist

Charles G. Finney (December 1, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was an American newspaperman, story writer, and fantastical novelist, and part time night club owner, whose full name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently in honor of the famous evangelist.

Finney was born in Sedalia, Missouri and served in China with the United States Army's 15th Infantry Regiment 1927–1929. In his memoirs, he notes that his first novel (and most famous book) The Circus of Dr. Lao was conceived in Tientsin in 1929. After the Army, he worked for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona, 1930–1970, apparently as a proofreader.

Various of Finney's papers, with correspondence and photographs, are collected at the University of Arizona Main Library Special Collections, Collection Number: AZ 024, Papers of Charles G. Finney, 1959-1966, including typed manuscripts of "A Sermon at Casa Grande", "Isabelle the Inscrutable", "Murder with Feathers", ""The Night Crawler", "Private Prince", "An Anabasis in Minor Key", "The Old China Hands", and "The Ghosts of Manacle".

Selected works

• 1935 The Circus of Dr. Lao
• 1937 The Unholy City
• 1939 Past the End of the Pavement
• 1961 The Old China Hands, memoirs
• 1964 The Ghosts of Manacle, a collection
• 1968 The Magician Out of Manchuria

• "A Sermon at Casa Grande" in Point West, September, 1963
• "Isabelle the Inscrutable" in Harper's, 228:1367 (April 1964) pp. 51-58.
• "Murder with Feathers" in Harper's 232:1391 (April 1966) pp. 112-113.
• "The Night Crawler" in The New Yorker, December 5, 1959.
• "Private Prince" in The New Yorker, June 24, 1961.
• "An Anabasis in Minor Key" in The New Yorker, March 26, 1960.

Further reading

• "Charles G. Finney" in Contemporary Authors, published by Thomson Gale.

Great SF & Fantasy Works - Charles G Finney at http://greatsfandf.com/AUTHORS/CharlesGFinney.php

Sources

• Author and Book Info.com

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