Grambs, David (Lawrence)
GRAMBS, David (Lawrence)
GRAMBS, David (Lawrence). American, b. 1938. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Stratemeyer Syndicate (publisher), juvenile fiction editor and author of "Hardy Boys" series mysteries, 1963-65; American Heritage Publishing Company, senior editor of American Heritage Dictionary, 1967-69; Funk & Wagnalls Inc., senior editor and writer of New Encyclopedia, 1969-71; Charles Scribner's Sons, associate editor of The Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 1971-73; Penthouse International Inc., copyeditor of Penthouse, 1976-83; Random House Inc., staff editor of Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 1983-1987; freelance editor and writer. Publications: (trans.) Cathedrals of Europe, 1976; Words about Words, 1984, published in U.K. as Literary Companion Dictionary, later revised as The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers, 1990; Dimboxes, Epopts, and Other Quidams: Words to Describe Life's Indescribable People, 1986; (ed.) Theodore Bernstein, Bernstein's Reverse Dictionary, 2nd ed, 1988; Death by Spelling, 1989, later published in hardcover as The Ultimate Spelling Quiz Book, 1992; The Describer's Dictionary, 1993; Did I Say Something Wrong?, 1993; The Endangered English Dictionary, 1994. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: 22 West 90th St., New York, NY 10024, U.S.A.