Edwin
Balmer
Male
United States of America
1883-00-00
, -
1959-03-21
Irvington, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States of America
Chicago Tribune - Sunday, March 22, 1959
Irvington-on Hudson, N. Y., March 21 [Special] -- Edwin Balmer, 75, a former reporter of THE CHI-CAGO TRIBUNE, author and former editor of Redbook magazine, died Saturday in a Tarrytown, N. Y., hospital.
Balmer was the author of 25 novels and wrote many short stories, several of which were produced as plays and in motion pictures and television. He began his career in the writing field as a TRIBUNE reporter in 1903.
Retired in 1953
Two of his best known works were "When Worlds Collide", which was written in collaboration with Philip Wylie, and "The Indian Drum," written in collaboration with William MacHarg. Balmer was editor of Redbook from 1927 until 1949, and associate publisher until his retirement in 1953.
A former president of the Society of Midland Authors in his native Chicago, Balmer also had been chairman of the editorial committee of the Magazine Publishers association. A graduate of Northwestern university, Mr. Balmer lived at 1714 Asbury av., Evanston.
3 Children Survive
His first wife, the former Katharine MacHarg, died in 1925. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Grace Kee Balmer; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Smith Thomas and Mrs. William S. McChesney, and a son, Thomas.
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