{{short description|American author (1913-1989)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox writer | birth_name = Leonard Daniel Wickenden | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|03|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Tyrone, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|10|27|1913|03|24|mf=y}} | death_place = Weston, Connecticut | occupation = Novelist, editor | spouse = Hermione Hillman | education = Amherst College (BA) | period = 1921-1956 | genre = Family life, short stories, fantasy | notableworks = The Wayfarers, Tobias Brandywine, The Amazing Vacation }} '''Leonard Daniel Wickenden''' (March 24, 1913 – October 27, 1989) was an American author and editor. Notable works include ''The Running of the Deer'', ''The Wayfarers'' and ''The Amazing Vacation''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/29/obituaries/dan-wickenden-author-and-editor-dies-at-76.html|title=Dan Wickenden, Author and Editor, Dies at 76|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|date=1989-10-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Biography == Wickenden was born by English-born parents in Tyrone, Pennsylvania and grew up in Long Island. He graduated from Amherst College in 1935.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Collection: Leonard Daniel (Dan) Wickenden (AC 1935) Papers {{!}} Amherst College - ArchivesSpace |url=https://archivesspace.amherst.edu/repositories/2/resources/44 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=archivesspace.amherst.edu}}</ref> At the early stages of his career, he published short stories on Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.<ref name=":0" />
His first significant contribution as a novelist was ''The Running of the Deer'', a best-selling book about two families from Long Island. He revisited the theme of family life for his next novel, ''Walk Like a Mortal''. He spent a 10-month period in Panajachel, Guatemala, living in a village next to Lake Atitlán with other artists. He returned to the United States in May 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=10773105&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjY5NDY0NTQ1LCJpYXQiOjE1Nzg3MTEyNjUsImV4cCI6MTU3ODc5NzY2NX0.FWf65e-LZizd9vUtOFYcjue-8HQkhFb5zrIOZ4Mxyac|title=31 Dec 1969, Page 12 - The Pantagraph at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-11}}</ref>
In 1953 he became associate editor at book publisher Harcourt Brace.<ref name=":0" /> He eventually became senior editor, and he worked with notable authors that included Eudora Welty, James Gould Cozzens, and Wendell Berry.<ref name=":1" /> He retired in 1978, but he continued work in consulting and editing as a freelancer.<ref name=":1" /> He died of heart attack at his residence in Weston, Connecticut on October 27, 1989.<ref name=":0" />
== Works == * ''The Running of the Deer'' (1937) * ''Walk Like a Mortal'' (1940) * ''The Wayfarers'' (1945) * ''Tobias Brandywine'' (1948) * ''The Dry Season'' (1950 ) * ''The Red Carpet'' (1952) * ''The Amazing Vacation'' (1956)
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== External links ==
* [https://archivesspace.amherst.edu/repositories/2/resources/44 Leonard Daniel (Dan) Wickenden (AC 1935) Papers] from the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections {{authority control}}
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