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Sally Benson


Born
in St. Louis, MO, The United States
September 03, 1897

Died
July 19, 1972

Genre
Fiction


Sally Benson was an American author of short stories and screenplays. She was born Sara Smith in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to New York City late in her childhood. After graduating from Horace Mann School, she married Reynolds "Babe" Benson and began publishing short stories. She is best known for her semi-autobiographical collections Meet Me in St. Louis and Junior Miss, each first published as a series of 12 short stories in The New Yorker. She died in Woodland Hills, California, in 1972. ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 628 ratings · 133 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
Meet Me in St. Louis
3.76 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1941 — 31 editions
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Junior Miss
3.75 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1941 — 38 editions
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Stories of the Gods and Heroes
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Women and Children First
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1943 — 7 editions
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Woman and Children First
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People Are Fascinating
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1936
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Profession: Housewife
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Emily
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The Young and Beautiful
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Women and children first 1943
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