The Resume

(November 10, 1893-July 16, 1960)
Born in Wilmington, Delaware
Birth name was John Phillips Marquand
Contributor to 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Colliers'
Wrote six 'Mr. Moto' spy thrillers (1935-57)
Wrote the novels 'The Unspeakable Gentleman' (1922), 'The Late George Apley' (1937), 'So Little Time' (1943), 'B.F.'s Daughter' (1946), Melville Godwin, USA' (1951), and 'Women and Thomas Harrow' (1958)
Grand nephew of Margaret Fuller; cousin of Buckminster Fuller

Why he might be annoying:

Both his marriages ended in divorce.
He satirized the New England upper crust in his novels while trying to be accepted by it in real life.
Time claimed, 'Essentially, he wrote the same novel again and again.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He won a scholarship to Harvard.
He served in France during World War I.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Late George Apley.'
Life magazine called him 'the most successful novelist in the United States.' (1943)

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 5)
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 82]
• I am a Unitarian
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Attended Harvard
• I Died in 1960 (Ranked: 66)
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I Write Pulp Fiction
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Look at My Typewriter
• Profiles 51251-51500 (Ranked: 51492)
• Served in World War I
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19600716)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying