J. D. Ratcliff

“The Great Lone Wolf”

Free­lancer, mag­a­zine writer, sci­ence writer. Deceased.

John Drury Rat­cliff (1903–1973) was known as “the most suc­cess­ful free­lance mag­a­zine writer of his gen­er­a­tion.” Wrote for Read­er’s Digest, Time, Newsweek, etc. Joined NASW (Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Sci­ence Writ­ers) in 1945. Had ocean­front prop­er­ty on Martha’s Vine­yard. [tobaccodocuments.org/nysa_indexed/TI54203746.html”>NASW mem­oir]

Fea­tured in “Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writ­ers” by Jes­si­ca Mit­ford, The Atlantic July 1970.

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Moral? Write what you must, and do it now.