Seon Manley
Seon Manley, was an American editor and author who worked with her sister Gogo Lewis. She worked with the supernatural, tales of suspense, and horror as well as biographies.
Biography
Janet Helen Givens was born in Connecticut on January 7, 1921 to Webster Crane Givens and Carolyn McLean. Her degree was from Wellesley College. Her mother died while she was young and she and her sister were sent to live with their grandparents in New York for a time. She became the advertising manager for the publishing house Vanguard Press. Manley began editing books for Vanguard, including critical works like those by Eugene Jolas. Manley also edited anthologies of horror stories, mostly with her sister Gogo Lewis. Edward Gorey created the covers for eight of these from 1973 to 1979. Manley also wrote about the places and people she encountered and various times in her life in a series of mostly autobiographical books. With her husband she edited a book on The Age of the Manager which went with his consulting company. They also created books on the history of a selection of beaches and islands and the people involved in them. Manley in 2009. Her husband was Robert Russell Manley Jr, with whom she had a daughter Shivaun.Books
Long Island Discovery: An Adventure Into the History, Manners, and Mores of America's Front Porch, 1966Dorothy and William Wordsworth : the heart of a circle of friends, 1974Rudyard Kipling: Creative Adventurer, 1965Nathaniel Hawthorne; captain of the imagination, 1968My Heart's in the Heather, 1968Beaches: their lives, legends, and lore, 1968Islands: their lives, legends, and lore, 1970Anthologies
- The Ghost in the Far Garden, and Other Stories, 1977Magic!: A Treasury for Young Readers, 1967Shapes of the Supernatural, 1969A Gathering of Ghosts, 1970Ladies of Horror: Two Centuries of Supernatural Stories by the Gentle Sex, 1971Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex, 1973Baleful Beasts, 1974Bewitched Beings, 1974Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex, 1975Ladies of the Gothics, 1975Masters of the Macabre, 1975Women of the Weird: Eerie Stories by the Gentle Sex, 1976Sisters of Sorcery, 1976Ghostly Gentlewomen: Two Centuries of Spectral Stories By the Gentle Sex, 1977Christmas Ghosts, 1978Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories, 1978Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race, 1978Fun Phantoms: Tales of Ghostly Entertainment, 1979The Haunted Dolls, 1980