Lary Bloom

Lary Bloom's writing spans an array of genres—nonfiction and fiction, plays, magazine pieces, and columns for the New York Times. A longtime magazine editor, he nurtured several new talents, including Wally Lamb, Dave Barry, Madeleine Blais, Susan M. Dodd, Edna Buchanan, and Carl Hiaasen. As a memoir editor and consultant, Lary helped bring to fruition many popular narratives, among them the New York Times bestseller My Old Man and the Sea by David Hays and Daniel Hays. He is the author of the classic text The Writer Within, and his column in Connecticut magazine won two consecutive national awards. Lary lives in Chester, Connecticut.