December 1, 1905 - April 16, 1984
American news editor and fantasy novelist
Author of "The Circus of Dr. Lao" (for which he won the first National Book Award for Most Original Book of 1935), "The Old China Hands" and "The Magician Out of Manchuria"
Was the great-grandson and namesake of the evangelist Charles Grandison Finney
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American news editor and fantasy novelist
Author of "The Circus of Dr. Lao" (for which he won the first National Book Award for Most Original Book of 1935), "The Old China Hands" and "The Magician Out of Manchuria"
Was the great-grandson and namesake of the evangelist Charles Grandison Finney
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