Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
{{Short description|American writer and historian}}
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| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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| occupation = Author * Historian
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Kevin C. Fitzpatrick (born January 10, 1966), is an American historian and non-fiction writer. He is best known for his research and writings on Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table.
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966, but spent his childhood in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Summit, New Jersey; Raleigh, North Carolina; and St. Louis, Missouri.Fitzpatrick, Kevin C.; and Meade, Marion. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aTyGc_sC4iUC&pg=PP80&lpg=PP80 A Journey Into Dorothy Parker's New York], Roaring Forties Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-9766706-0-7}}. Accessed February 20, 2011.
He is a graduate of Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University). While a student at NMSU Fitzpatrick co-founded The Pundit, an independent newspaper that served primarily the student population and young adults of the Kirksville, Missouri area. He served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves as a journalist-photographer.{{cite web|url=https://fitzpatrickauthor.com/about/|title=Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, About Me=Author Bio via website|year=2020|accessdate=July 2, 2020}}
Career
Fitzpatrick has had a varied multimedia career including newspapers, television, advertising agencies, magazines, and more recently web-based publishing and editing.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24958.Kevin_C_Fitzpatrick|title=Kevin C. Fitzpatrick biography|publisher=GoodReads.com|date=February 2013|accessdate=August 27, 2013}} In the latter he has produced close to 75 websites and written for numerous trade publications. When not involved with media pursuits, Fitzpatrick is a certified New York City sightseeing guide, giving walking tours of historic locations, landmarks, cemeteries and drinking establishments. He is also a frequent guest speaker at libraries and literary clubs. Fitzpatrick cites among his biggest influences Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, and Stanley Walker. Fitzpatrick produces the award-winning dorothyparker.com, which he launched in 1998. He is the president of the Dorothy Parker Society, which he founded in 1999. He was also instrumental in the effort to get Dorothy Parker's birthplace in Long Branch, New Jersey, named a National Literary Landmark by Friends of Libraries USA.{{Cite web|url=https://dorothyparker.com/dorothy-parker-homes/new-jersey|title=Long Branch, Birthplace of Dorothy Rothschild}} Fitzpatrick oversaw the creation of a bronze memorial plaque that was unveiled in August 2005 in Parker's hometown. In 2020 Fitzpatrick brought Parker's ashes from Baltimore to New York City and interred them Woodlawn Cemetery.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-improbable-journey-of-dorothy-parkers-ashes|title=The New Yorker: The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker's Ashes|magazine=The New Yorker }} On August 23, 2021, he unveiled a new gravestone for Parker's family. {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/nyregion/27dorothy-parker-gravestone.html|title=The New York Times: 54 Years Late, Dorothy Parker Finally Gets a Tombstone|work=The New York Times |date=August 26, 2021 |last1=Simonson |first1=Robert }}
In conjunction with the Algonquin Hotel, Fitzpatrick leads walking tours of the former Algonquin Round Table homes and haunts in Manhattan. In 2009 Fitzpatrick founded Donald Books, a small independent publishing company.
Books
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! Year !! Title !! Publisher | ||
| 2025 | Dorothy Parker's New York, Third Expanded Edition | SUNY Press, Albany, NY |
| 2019 | 111 Places in The Bronx That You Must Not Miss | Emons Verlag, Cologne |
| 2017 | World War I New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War | Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT |
| 2016 | The Governors Island Explorer’s Guide | Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT |
| 2015 | The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide | Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT |
| 2013 | Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide | Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT |
| 2014 | Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 (editor) | Donald Books, New York, NY |
| 2009 | The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry from America’s Most Famous Literary Circle (co-editor) | Donald Books, New York, NY |
| 2004 | A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York | Roaring Forties Press, Berkley, CA |
The Lambs
Fitzpatrick was elected to The Lambs Theatre Club in May 2015, and became shepherd{{Broken anchor|date=2025-06-11|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=The Lambs#Presidents|reason= The anchor (Presidents) has been deleted.|diff_id=1273498472}} in 2023.{{cite web
|title = Fitzpatrick, Kevin
|url = https://the-lambs.org/club_member/fitzpatrick-kevin/
|at = (Member Roster)
|publisher = The Lambs, Inc.
|website = the-lambs.org
|access-date = February 2, 2023
}}
Personal life
Awards
Selected works
- 111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss ({{ISBN|978-3-7408-0492-3}}) from Emons-Verlag
- World War I New York: A Guide to the City's Enduring Ties to the Great War ({{ISBN|978-3-7408-0492-3}}) from Globe Pequot Press
- The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide ({{ISBN|978-1-4930-4944-8}}) from Lyons Press
- The Governors Island Explorer's Guide ({{ISBN|978-1-4930-1966-3}}) from Globe Pequot Press
- Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide ({{ISBN|978-0-7627-9268-9}}) from Lyons Press
- A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York ({{ISBN|0-9766706-0-7}}) from Roaring Forties Press
- Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 ({{ISBN|978-1-4917-2267-1}}) from Donald Books
- The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry From America’s Most Famous Literary Circle ({{ISBN|978-1-4401-5152-1}}) from Donald Books
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.fitzpatrickauthor.com}}
- [https://www.dorothyparker.com/ The Dorothy Parker Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817143335/https://dorothyparker.com/ |date=August 17, 2020 }}
- [https://roaringfortiespress.com/ Roaring Forties Press]
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