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Roger Garis

{{Short description|American writer (1901–1967)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}}

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| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, USA

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| death_place = Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

| occupation = Writer

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| genre = Children's literature

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| education = Princeton University, Columbia University

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| notableworks = The Outboard Boys series

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{{married|Mabel Robinson Burns|1941|1967|end=death}}

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Roger Carroll Garis (1901– 1967) was an American writer. He wrote for magazines and also writer The Outboard Boys series of books. In addition to his writing of books for children and adults, he contributed to the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican and wrote for the stage and for television.

== Early life and education ==

Roger Carroll Garis was born in Newark, New Jersey on September 10, 1901, to Howard R. and Lilian Garis, both of whom were established writers.{{Cite web |title=Roger Garis Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University |url=https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/g/garis_r.htm |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Syracuse University Library |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723043925/https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/g/garis_r.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=2007-07-18 |title=Down the Halls of a Wonder House, the Mirrors Cracked |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/books/18grim.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Garis attended St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Princeton University, and Columbia University, ultimately earning a Bachelor of Laws from New Jersey Law School.

Career

Garis briefly worked in law before beginning his writing career working for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. From 1930 to 1935, he wrote for the Evening News in Newark and occasionally wrote for Republican in Waterbury, Connecticut, as well as The New York Times Magazine.

Garis published his Outboard Boys series in the 1930s and later published Never Take Candy From A Stranger and My Father Was Uncle Wiggily (1966).{{Cite web |date=June 15, 1966 |title=My Father was Uncle Wiggily |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/roger-garis/my-father-was-uncle-wiggily/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} He also wrote the play The Pony Cart, which ran in London and New York in the late 1950s.

Garis' sister, Cleo F., also wrote a three-book series concurrently with his series.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

Personal life

Garis married Adine Haviland in 1937, though the couple later divorced. In 1941, he married Mabel Robinson Burns, with whom he had three children. The Garises' daughter, Leslie Garis, wrote a memoir about her family, House of Happy Endings, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2007.{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Joyce |date=2007-08-19 |title=Uncle Wiggily in Amherst |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/books/review/Johnson-t.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Garis dealt with mental health issues throughout his life.

He died in Amherst, Massachusetts on October 3, 1967.

Publications

=Books=

  • The Outboard Boys At Mystery Island [f|1933]
  • The Outboard Boys At Shadow Lake [f|1933]
  • The Outboard Boys At Pirate Beach [f|1933]
  • The Outboard Boys At Shark River [f|1934]
  • Amusement Park (D. Appleton-Century, New York/London) [f|1934]
  • Never Take Candy From A Stranger [f|1961]
  • My Father Was Uncle Wiggily 1966

=Movies=

  • Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) at imdb.com

References

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External links

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  • [http://stillwoods.blogspot.com/2008/11/outboard-boys-at-shark-river.html The Outboard Boys at Shark River] full text
  • [http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/garis_r.htm Roger Garis Papers] at Syracuse University
  • {{Find a Grave|94274803|Roger Garis}}

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Category:1901 births

Category:1967 deaths

Category:American children's writers