[a comment on my blog's post on Manley and Lewis's anthologies:]

Anyone know any personal details about Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis? Birth/death dates, etc? All I've found out so far is that the two women were sisters; that Seon's maiden name was Givens (and then so presumably was Gogo's); and that Seon was born in 1921. And I think that Seon lived in East Patchogue NY at one time.


-Bill Lloyd

June 15, 2016 at 7:38 PM 


Todd Mason said...
Well, Bill Lloyd, such ace librarian/researchers as Michael Stamm and Dennis Lien have been on the case since I asked around, and they in their first passes haven't found more explicit data yet than you have, but have come across at least these references that you might look to, if you haven't already:

Stamm:

The absence of information on her and her sister is remarkable. One source, a genealogy website called Geni, gives their parents as Webster and Carolyn Givens, and the sisters' birthdates are estimated as somewhere between 1903 and 1963; a range like that is so broad as to be almost meaningless. I have a few of their anthologies; I'll be interested to hear if more information is forthcoming.

https://www.geni.com/people/Seon-Manley/6000000021151225693

Lien:

Seon Manley

(1921-)

Authors of Books for Young People. Third edition. By Martha E. Ward et
al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. [AuBYP 3]

Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991. A bibliography of
science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books and nonfiction
monographs. By Robert Reginald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. [ScF&FL
1992]

Something about the Author, Autobiography Series. Volume 2. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1986. [SmATA 2AS] Biography contains portrait.

Authors of Books for Young People. Supplement to the second edition.
By Martha E. Ward et al. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979. [AuBYP
2S]

Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books
and magazines. Volume 12: September, 1979-August, 1982. New York: H.W.
Wilson Co., 1983. [BioIn 12]

Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books
and magazines. Volume 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W.
Wilson Co., 1988. [BioIn 15]

Children's Literature Review. Excerpts from reviews, criticism, and
commentary on books for children and young people. Volume 3. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1978. [ChlLR 3]

Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers
in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion
pictures, television, and other fields. Volumes 85-88. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1980. [ConAu 85]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A checklist, 1700- 1974.
Volume 1. By R. Reginald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979. [ScF&FL 1]

Something about the Author. Facts and pictures about authors and
illustrators of books for young people. Volume 15. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1979. [SmATA 15]

June 18, 2016 at 7:17 AM 


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