Sidney Sheldon Biography
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Sidney Sheldon (born February 11, 1917), is
an American screenwriter and novelist.
Sheldon was born in Chicago, Illinois to a
German Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother. His career began in
1937 in Hollywood, California, where he reviewed scripts and
collaborated on a number of B-movies. After a stint in the military
during World War II, Sheldon returned to civilian life and began writing
musicals for the Broadway stage while continuing to write screenplays
for both MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures.
Over the years, Sheldon has written for
television, film, and stage, winning an Academy Award for Writing
Original Screenplay (1947) for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, a Tony
Award (1959) for his musical Redhead, and earned Emmy nominations for
his work on I Dream of Jeannie, an NBC sitcom.
In 1969, Sheldon wrote his first novel, The
Naked Face which earned him the Best First Novel Edgar Allan Poe Award
from the Mystery Writers of America. His next novel, The Other Side of
Midnight, went to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list as did
several ensuing novels, a number of which were also made into motion
pictures or TV miniseries.
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Bibliography - novels
The Naked Face (1970)
The Other Side of Midnight (1973)
A Stranger in the Mirror (1976)
Bloodline (1977)
Rage of Angels (1980)
Master of the Game (1982)
If Tomorrow Comes (1985)
Windmills of the Gods (1987)
The Sands of Time (1988)
Memories of Midnight (1990)
The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991)
The Stars Shine Down (1992)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1994)
Morning, Noon and Night (1995)
The Best Laid Plans (1997)
Tell Me Your Dreams (1998)
The Sky is Falling (2001)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2004)
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