He served as executive editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club from 1979 to 1987. Zinsser taught writing at Yale University, where he was the fifth master of Branford College (1973–1979). Zinsser was second cousin of the painter Thomas S. McCloy Zinsser wrote, "So it happened that the two men who collaborated most closely on the creation of the new Germany were Zinsser relatives." One of his cousins married Konrad Adenauer another was the spouse of John J. The Zinssers lived in New York City and in Niantic, Connecticut. He married Carolyn Fraser Zinsser, with whom he had two children, including John Zinsser, a painter. Zinsser attended Buckley Country Day School, Deerfield Academy and graduated from Princeton University. He was a longtime contributor to leading magazines. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer. William Knowlton Zinsser (Octo– May 12, 2015) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. For the baseball pitcher and scout, see Bill Zinser.
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