Mark Helprin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mark Helprin (born June 28, 1947) is an American novelist, journalist, and conservative commentator. Helprin was raised on the Hudson River and in the British West Indies, and holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. His postgraduate work was done at Princeton University and the University of Oxford. He served in the British Merchant Navy, the Israeli infantry, and the Israeli Air Force. His first novel, published in 1977, was Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling. Winter's Tale (1983) is a sometimes fantastic tale of early 20th century life in New York City. In 1991, he published A Soldier of the Great War. Memoir from Antproof Case, published in 1995, includes long comic diatribes against the effects of coffee. Helprin came out with Freddy and Fredericka, a satire, in 2005. Helprin has published three books of short stories: A Dove of the East & Other Stories (1975), Ellis Island & Other Stories (1981), and The Pacific and Other Stories (2004). He has also written three children's books, all of which are illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg: Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows.