Wilson Follett

Follett was born Roy Wilson Follett in North Attleboro, Massachusetts on March 21, 1887. He graduated from Harvard College in 1909, with an BA in English. == Career ==

Follett taught English at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College, Dartmouth College, and finally, Brown University. He left teaching in 1918, when he decided to pursue writing full-time instead. In 1921, he was one of the dedicatees of James Branch Cabell's novel Figures of Earth. He also edited The Work of Stephen Crane in twelve volumes (1925–27), the first collected edition of Crane's writings. His novel No More Sea came in third in the voting for the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. == Personal life ==

Follett's wife, Helen, was also a writer. In 1914, the couple had a daughter, Barbara Newhall Follett, who was a child prodigy author and published her first novel at the age of 12. In 1928, Follett abandoned his wife and Barbara for a younger woman, Margaret Whipple, whom he had met at work. In 1939, at the age of 25, Barbara disappeared. In 1941, Follett published an essay asking Barbara to contact him in The Atlantic entitled "To a Daughter, One Year Lost: From Her Father". == In popular culture ==

• Follett's daughter Barbara and Follett himself are featured in the novel "The Story She Left Behind" by novelist Patti Callahan Henry == External links ==