Background
Garrett, Jane Nuckols was born on July 16, 1935 in Dover, Delaware, United States. Daughter of David Elwood and Edna Earle (Davidson) Nuckols.
Garrett, Jane Nuckols was born on July 16, 1935 in Dover, Delaware, United States. Daughter of David Elwood and Edna Earle (Davidson) Nuckols.
Bachelor, University Delaware, 1957. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Middlebury College, 1997.
Acquisitions department, Boston Athenaeum Library., Boston, 1957-1958; assistant to director, Boston Athenaeum Library., Boston, 1959-1968; editor, New York History Society, New York City, 1966-1967; editor, assistant, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York City, 1967-1973; editor, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York City, 1974-1996; senior editor, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York City, since 1996. Book review editor New England Quarterly, Boston, 1959-1966.
Public developer Adult Literature Organization of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 1973-1974. Advisory council Institute Early American History-Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1988-1991.
Married Wendell Douglas Garrett, June 22, 1957 (divorced 1973).