Fred gipson short biography

American author (–)

Frederick Benjamin Gipson (February 7, – August 14, ) was an American writer and screenwriter.

He is best known for writing the novel Old Yeller, which became a popular Walt Disney film. Gipson was born on a farm near Mason in the Texas Hill Country, the son of Beck Gipson and Emma Deishler.

Fred gipson short biography

After working at a variety of farming and ranching jobs, he enrolled in at the University of Texas at Austin. There he wrote for the Daily Texan and The Ranger, but he left school before graduating to become a newspaper journalist.

Writings

In the s, Gipson began writing short stories with a western theme, which proved to be prototypes for his longer works of fiction that followed. In , his first full-length book, The Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's Story, was published.

Hound-Dog Man, published in , established Gipson's reputation when it became a DoubledayBook-of-the-Month Club selection and sold over , copies in its first year