Maxwell Anderson

James Maxwell Anderson 15 December 1888 28 February 1959 was an American playwright author poet journalist and lyricist Anderson faced many challenges in his career frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures Despite this he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays including What Price Glory Both Your Houses and The Bad Seed Many of his works were adapted for the screen and he wrote screenplays for other authors works as well Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life dying in 1959 after suffering a stroke His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin Description above from the Wikipedia article Maxwell Anderson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia