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Sumner Locke Elliott


Born
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
October 17, 1917

Died
June 24, 1991

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Elliott was born in Sydney in 1917 to the writer Helena Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsia one day after his birth. Elliott was raised by his aunts, who had a fierce custody battle over him, fictionalized in Elliott's autobiographical novel, Careful, He Might Hear You. Elliott was educated at Cranbrook School in Bellevue Hill, Sydney.

Elliott began acting and writing for radio during his teens, and showed signs of a promising career during his twenties before he was called for administrative military service in World War II. In 1948, Elliott relocated to the United States where he became a highly regarded television scriptwriter. As a fiercely intelligent and bold person, he made a name for hims ...more

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Careful He Might Hear You
4.08 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1963 — 22 editions
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Fairyland
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Water Under the Bridge
4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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Edens Lost
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Waiting for Childhood: A Novel
3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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Going
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The Man Who Got Away
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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About Tilly Beamis
4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions
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Signs of Life
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Buy Me Blue Ribbons.
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“He thought the people are never more heartbreaking than when they can condense their ruin into one simple gesture, like Carrie's shrug, never more valiant.”
― Sumner Locke Elliott, Water Under the Bridge
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