Norman Bogner (November 13, 1935 â€") is a New York Times Bestselling-
author whose range of work has included several novels such as Seventh
Avenue, The Deadliest Art, To Die in Provence and The Madonna Complex,
as well as stage plays, and movie and television scripts. His writing
career spans nearly 50 years, with his first novel, In Spells No
Longer Bound, published in 1961 and his most recent novel, 99 Sycamore
Place, published in 2009. By 2001, his books, which explore drama and
intrigue as they play out between family members and lovers, had sold
over 25 million copies worldwide.Norman Bogner was born November 13,
1935, in Brooklyn, New York, to Manny Bogner and Rose Schwartz. Bogner
grew up in Brooklyn, New York, his parents divorcing in 1942. His
mother, Rose, owned a store that sold ladies wear, while his father,
Manny, owned a small chain of such shops.As noted on his website,
Bogner says he began reading at the age of three because of his love
of sports. He wanted to be able to keep track of the scores,
especially baseball, and so needed to be able to read to do that. He
and his mother devised a game whereby he would see how many words he
would come up using the names of his favorite teams: the Brooklyn
Dodgers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants as well as
other major league teams. Each day, when she came home from her shop,
she checked how many words he had come up with that day and rewarded
Bogner with up to a nickel, depending on how many words he had found.
He then quickly moved on to reading the dictionary, the encyclopedia,
and the bonus set of classics that came with the encyclopedias. He
eventually joined the local library. He knew he wanted to be a writer
as early as seven years old.Because his parents were divorced and his
mother ran a store and was gone most of the day, Norman Bogner was
left mostly to himself. Besides reading and talking sports with his
friends and family, he spent much of his time after school traveling
around Manhattan, going to museums, exploring the city, and only
checking in with his mother occasionally.
author whose range of work has included several novels such as Seventh
Avenue, The Deadliest Art, To Die in Provence and The Madonna Complex,
as well as stage plays, and movie and television scripts. His writing
career spans nearly 50 years, with his first novel, In Spells No
Longer Bound, published in 1961 and his most recent novel, 99 Sycamore
Place, published in 2009. By 2001, his books, which explore drama and
intrigue as they play out between family members and lovers, had sold
over 25 million copies worldwide.Norman Bogner was born November 13,
1935, in Brooklyn, New York, to Manny Bogner and Rose Schwartz. Bogner
grew up in Brooklyn, New York, his parents divorcing in 1942. His
mother, Rose, owned a store that sold ladies wear, while his father,
Manny, owned a small chain of such shops.As noted on his website,
Bogner says he began reading at the age of three because of his love
of sports. He wanted to be able to keep track of the scores,
especially baseball, and so needed to be able to read to do that. He
and his mother devised a game whereby he would see how many words he
would come up using the names of his favorite teams: the Brooklyn
Dodgers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants as well as
other major league teams. Each day, when she came home from her shop,
she checked how many words he had come up with that day and rewarded
Bogner with up to a nickel, depending on how many words he had found.
He then quickly moved on to reading the dictionary, the encyclopedia,
and the bonus set of classics that came with the encyclopedias. He
eventually joined the local library. He knew he wanted to be a writer
as early as seven years old.Because his parents were divorced and his
mother ran a store and was gone most of the day, Norman Bogner was
left mostly to himself. Besides reading and talking sports with his
friends and family, he spent much of his time after school traveling
around Manhattan, going to museums, exploring the city, and only
checking in with his mother occasionally.
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