Benjamin Hale Cheever (born October 8, 1948) is an American writer and editor. He has written four adult fiction novels, one children's book, and two nonfiction books. His parents were Mary Winternitz and writer John Cheever His sister is writer...
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New...
Mary Cheever (née Winternitz; May 4, 1918 – April 7, 2014) was an American poet, teacher, and local historian. Her books include The Need for Chocolate & Other Poems (1980) and The Changing Landscape: A History of Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough...
The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Country Husband", "The Five-Forty-Eight" and "The...
Cheever is an English surname. It is from Anglo-Norman French chivere, chevre ‘goat’ (Latin capra ‘nanny goat’), applied as a nickname for an unpredictable or temperamental person, or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd. Notable people with...
Susan Cheever (born July 31, 1943) is an American author and a prize-winning best-selling writer well known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of American history. She is a recipient of the PEN New England...
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, who served as a film critic for The New York Times from 1977 to 1999, serving as chief critic for the last six years, and then a literary critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, Maslin...
Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr. (June 7, 1850 – October 21, 1930) was a US Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars. He was born in Washington, D.C. Cheever was appointed as second lieutenant of the 6th...
Wringer is a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli, first published in 1997 by HarperTeen. It received the Newbery Honor in 1998. It tells the story of a boy named Palmer who dreads his tenth birthday, when he is expected to become a "wringer" who...
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 84 days remain until the end of the year.