Jack Schaefer
Jack Schaefer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jack Warner Schaefer November 19, 1907 |
| Died | January 24, 1991 (aged 83) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Oberlin College Columbia University |
| Genre | Western fiction |
| Notable work | Shane (1949) |
| Spouse |
Eugenia Ives
(m. 1931; div. 1948)Louise Deans |
Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – January 24, 1991) was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known works are the 1949 novel Shane, considered the greatest western novel by the Western Writers of America, and the 1964 children's book Stubby Pringle's Christmas.