Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel A. Schreiner Jr.

American writer

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1921

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2018

Profession: engineer, novelist, cryptographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Samuel Agnew Schreiner Jr.
(June 6, 1921 – January 14, 2018) was an American writer. Born in Mt.
Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Schreiner graduated from Princeton University in 1942.
During World War II he served in the U.S.
Army Office of Strategic Services as a cryptographer from 1942–1945.
He served in the China-Burma-India theater and became a first lieutenant, receiving both a Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation. Schreiner began his career as a reporter for the McKeesport Daily News and the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph from 1946–1951.
At Parade in New York he was a writer and assistant managing editor from 1951–1955.
He then moved to Reader's Digest where he served as an editor from 1955–1974.
In 1974 he devoted himself full-time to writing.