Allen Drury was a 25-year old army veteran looking for work. A position as the United States Senate correspondent for United Press International provided Drury not only with employment, but with an insider's knowledge of the United States Senate.
Drury lived in Tiburon, California from 1964 until his 1998 death of cardiac arrest. Drury had completed his 20th novel, ''Public Men'' set at Stanford, just two weeks before his death. He died on 2 September 1998 at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco, California, on his eightieth birthday. Drury was never married.
Drury lived in Tiburon, California from 1964 until his 1998 death of cardiac arrest. Drury had completed his 20th novel, ''Public Men'' set at Stanford, just two weeks before his death. He died on 2 September 1998 at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco, California, on his eightieth birthday. Drury was never married.
Awards: Pulitzer (1960)
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Advise and Consent
1. Advise and Consent (1959)
2. A Shade of Difference (1962)
3. Capable of Honor (1966)
4. Preserve and Protect (1968)
5. Come Nineveh, Come Tyre (1973)
6. The Promise of Joy (1975)
1. Advise and Consent (1959)
2. A Shade of Difference (1962)
3. Capable of Honor (1966)
4. Preserve and Protect (1968)
5. Come Nineveh, Come Tyre (1973)
6. The Promise of Joy (1975)
Mark Coffin
1. Anna Hastings (1977)
2. Mark Coffin, U. S. S. (1979)
3. The Hill of Summer (1981)
4. The Roads of Earth (1984)
1. Anna Hastings (1977)
2. Mark Coffin, U. S. S. (1979)
3. The Hill of Summer (1981)
4. The Roads of Earth (1984)
University
1. Toward What Bright Glory? (1990)
2. Into What Far Harbour? (1993)
3. Public Men (1998)
1. Toward What Bright Glory? (1990)
2. Into What Far Harbour? (1993)
3. Public Men (1998)
Novels
That Summer (1965)
The Throne of Saturn (1970)
Decision (1983)
Pentagon (1986)
The Destiny Makers (1988)
A Thing of State (1995)
The Throne of Saturn (1970)
Decision (1983)
Pentagon (1986)
The Destiny Makers (1988)
A Thing of State (1995)
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Allen Drury
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 10th Series (1961)
(Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, book 10)
edited by
Robert P Mills
Awards
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