Background
Cossitt, Henry Louisiana was born on August 6, 1901 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry and Lina (Gore) Louisiana Cossitt.
Cossitt, Henry Louisiana was born on August 6, 1901 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry and Lina (Gore) Louisiana Cossitt.
B. Journalism U. Missouri, 1923.
Reporter, Kansas City Post and Kansas City Journal, 1921, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1922, Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, 1924. Editor Saint Louis Facts, 1924-1925, Frederic J. Haskin Service, Washington, 1925-1926. Free lance (fiction and articles), West Indies, North Africa, Europe, Near East, 1926.
Assistant editor Doubleday-Doran, Garden City, New York, 1927-1928.
Editor Romance and Everybody’s Magazine, 1928-1929. Writer Universal Pictures Corporation, Hollywood, California, 1929-1930.
Free lance writer, 1930-1936. Contact editor, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, 1936-1941.
Associate editor American Magazine, 1941-1944.
Managing editor Collier’s magazine, January-May 1944, editor, 1944-1946. Radio commentator Mutual Broadcasting System, 1946-490 free lance contributor popular magazines since 1949.
Member Sigma Nu, Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Beta Phi. Clubs: Dutch Treat.
Married Elizabeth Wilson, May 3, 1929.