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Merriam Modell


Born
in Manhattan, New York, The United States
May 19, 1908

Died
July 01, 1994


Merriam Modell (19 May 1908 – 1 July 1994)) (born Miriam Levant in Manhattan, New York was an American author of short stories, suspense and pulp fiction, who wrote primarily under the pen-name Evelyn Piper. Many had a common theme: the domestic conflicts faced by American families.

A graduate of Cornell University, Modell travelled extensively in her younger years, living in Germany from the late 1920s until 1933, after which she returned to the United States. After marriage to Dr. Walter Modell (New York heart specialist, lecturer, teacher, writer) and motherhood (she had one son, John Modell), she began to write and publish short stories, many appearing in The New Yorker.

Films were made of The Nanny (1965) starring Bette Davis, and Bunny
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