John Bowers (born 1928) is an American writer.Bowers was raised in
Johnson City, Tennessee, during the Great Depression and World War II
era. He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1946 and from the
University of Tennessee in 1951. From there, he attended the Handy
Writers Colony in Marshall, Illinois, founded by Lowney Turner Handy
and her husband, Harry Handy, along with her student, the best-selling
novelist James Jones. An autobiographical account of this adventure is
Bowers's first major book, the memoir The Colony, published in
1971.During the 1960s, Bowers published numerous interviews and
articles in major magazines, including The New York Times, Playboy,
Sports Illustrated, New York, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's, some of
which were collected in paperback under the title The Golden Bowers in
the early 1970s. His first novel, No More Reunions (1973), about his
teen years in Johnson City, was optioned for film but the movie was
never made. A second novel of that period, Helene (1976), is a
Lolita-like tale set in 1950s America with college-age males and a
young teenage girl.
Johnson City, Tennessee, during the Great Depression and World War II
era. He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1946 and from the
University of Tennessee in 1951. From there, he attended the Handy
Writers Colony in Marshall, Illinois, founded by Lowney Turner Handy
and her husband, Harry Handy, along with her student, the best-selling
novelist James Jones. An autobiographical account of this adventure is
Bowers's first major book, the memoir The Colony, published in
1971.During the 1960s, Bowers published numerous interviews and
articles in major magazines, including The New York Times, Playboy,
Sports Illustrated, New York, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's, some of
which were collected in paperback under the title The Golden Bowers in
the early 1970s. His first novel, No More Reunions (1973), about his
teen years in Johnson City, was optioned for film but the movie was
never made. A second novel of that period, Helene (1976), is a
Lolita-like tale set in 1950s America with college-age males and a
young teenage girl.
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