![]() ![]() ![]() She wrote numerous plays, which were never produced, and later described this early part of her career in Underfoot in Show Business. Later, she gained experience by working with the Theater Guild. Hanff initially began pursuing a career in writing in 1938 after winning a Bureau of New Plays fellowship. Her travels were the basis for her later book The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street. Hanff ultimately visited the shop herself upon learning of Doel’s passing. ![]() ![]() The correspondence continued for some twenty years until Doel’s death. She exchanged witty letters with Doel and the staff, and she also sent some goods to them during wartime rationing overseas. In an effort to further educate herself by reading classic literature, Hanff ordered books from the store, located on Charing Cross Road, and often wrote of her opinions to Doel. The book originated as a series of letters that Hanff exchanged with an antiquarian bookseller’s chief buyer, Frank Doel, and other staff in London. While she also established herself as a prolific author of children’s books, she gained critical and popular acclaim with her 1970 work, 84, Charing Cross Road. Hanff dedicated her entire career to writing, first as a manuscript reader for Paramount Pictures and later as a television scriptwriter for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and National Broadcasting Company (NBC). (age 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ![]()
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