Henry Slesar (June 12, 1927 April 2, 2002) was an American author,
playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and
twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation
and they began many successful collaborations. Slesar wrote hundreds
of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to
call him "the writer with the largest audience in America."Henry
Slesar (June 12, 1927 April 2, 2002) was an American author,
playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and
twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation
and they began many successful collaborations. Slesar wrote hundreds
of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to
call him "the writer with the largest audience in America."Henry
Slesar was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were Jewish
immigrants from Ukraine, and he had two sisters named Doris and
Lillian. After graduating from the School of Industrial Art, he found
he had a talent for ad copy and design, which launched his twenty-year
career as a copywriter at the age of 17. He was hired right out of
school to work for the prominent advertising agency Young & Rubicam.It
has been claimed that the term "coffee break" was coined by Slesar and
that he was also the person behind McGraw-Hill's massively popular
"The Man in the Chair" advertising campaign.
playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and
twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation
and they began many successful collaborations. Slesar wrote hundreds
of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to
call him "the writer with the largest audience in America."Henry
Slesar (June 12, 1927 April 2, 2002) was an American author,
playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and
twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation
and they began many successful collaborations. Slesar wrote hundreds
of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to
call him "the writer with the largest audience in America."Henry
Slesar was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were Jewish
immigrants from Ukraine, and he had two sisters named Doris and
Lillian. After graduating from the School of Industrial Art, he found
he had a talent for ad copy and design, which launched his twenty-year
career as a copywriter at the age of 17. He was hired right out of
school to work for the prominent advertising agency Young & Rubicam.It
has been claimed that the term "coffee break" was coined by Slesar and
that he was also the person behind McGraw-Hill's massively popular
"The Man in the Chair" advertising campaign.
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