Laura Z. Hobson

Novelist

Birthday June 19, 1900

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Feb 28, 1986 (85)

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About

An American novelist, she is particularly known for Gentlemen's Agreement, a work that explores the issue of antisemitism in the United States. Her other works, published during the 1960s and 1970s, include First Paper and Consenting Adult.

Before Fame

She studied at Cornell University and later worked as a staff writer for Life, Fortune, and Time magazines.

Trivia

Her most famous novel, Gentleman's Agreement, reached #1 on The New York Times Best-Sellers List and sold over 1.6 million copies.

Family Life

She married Francis Thayer Hobson in 1930. Following her 1935 divorce, she adopted a son and gave birth to a second son out of wedlock.

Associated With

She and Diane Ackerman both studied at Cornell University.