Background
Diehl, Digby Robert was born on November 14, 1940 in Boonton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Samuel and Mary Jane Shirley (Ellsworth) Diehl.
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Diehl, Digby Robert was born on November 14, 1940 in Boonton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Samuel and Mary Jane Shirley (Ellsworth) Diehl.
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (Henry Rutgers scholar), Rutgers University, 1962; Master of Arts in Theatre Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-1969.
Editor, Learning Center, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1962-1964;
director research, Creative Playthings, Los Angeles, 1964-1966;
editor, Coast magazine, Los Angeles, 1966-1968;
editor, Show magazine, Los Angeles, 1968-1969;
book editor, Los Angeles Times, 1969-1978;
vice president, editor-in-chief, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York City, 1978-1980;
book editor, Los Angeles. Herald Examiner, 1981-1986;
movie critic, entertainment editor, Station KCBS television, Los Angeles, 1986-1988;
book columnist, Playboy magazine, Pasadena, California, since 1988;
literature correspondent, ABC-television Good Morning America, New York City, since 1989. Instructor journalism University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1978.
Jurist National Book Awards, 1972, International Imitation Hemingway Contest, since 1978. Member nominating committee National Medal for Literature, 1972-1975. Vice president National Book Critics Circuit, 1975-1978, board directors, 1981-1987.
Jurist American Book Awards, 1981-1985, vice president programming, 1984-1986. Board directors Sun Valley Writers Conference, since 1995.
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Trustee KPFK-Pacifica Foundation. Member American Association of University Professors, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (president Los Angeles Center 1987, vice president treasurer since 1988), American Federation television and Radio Artists, American Society Journalists and Authors, Writers Guild American, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Delta. M C.
Son of Edwin Samuel and Mary Jane Shirley (Ellsworth) D. M. Kay Beyer, June 6, 1981. 1 daughter, Dylan Elizabeth.