Samuel A. Schreiner Jr.

Samuel Agnew Schreiner, Jr. (born June 6, 1921) is an American writer.

Born in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1942. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services as a cryptographer from 1942–5. He served in China-Burma-India theater and became first lieutenant, receiving both a Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation.

He began his career as a reporter for the McKeesport Daily News and the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph from 1946–51. At Parade in New York he was a writer and assistant managing editor from 1951–5. He then moved to Reader's Digest where he served as an editor from 1955–1974. In 1974 he devoted himself full-time to writing.

Books

• Thine Is the Glory, novel (New York: Arbor House, 1975).
• Pleasant Places, novel (New York: Arbor House, 1976).
• The Condensed World of the Reader's Digest, nonfiction (Chicago: Stein Publishing, 1977).
• Angelica, novel (New York: Arbor House, 1977).
• The Possessors and the Possessed, novel (New York: Arbor House, 1980).
• The Van Alens: First Family of a Nation's First City, novel (New York: Arbor House, 1981).
• A Place Called Princeton, nonfiction (New York: Arbor House, 1984).
• The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln, nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1987).
• Cycles: Recurring Forces That Can Predict Changes in Your Health, Moods, Relationships, Financial Investments, the Wealth , nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990).
• May Day! May Day!, nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990).
• Code of Conduct, (With Everett Alvarez), nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990).
• Henry Clay Frick, biography (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995).
• The Passionate Beechers: A Family Saga of Sanctity and Scandal that Changed America, biography (New York: John Wiley, 2004).
• The Concord Quartet: Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Friendship That Freed the American Mind, biography (New York: John Wiley, 2006).

Sources

• Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2004. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000088332.