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About Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer.

At the time, he moved to Chicago and was eventually married three additional times. His most enduring work is the short-story sequence Winesburg, Ohio, which launched his career. Throughout the 1920s, Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. Though his books sold reasonably well, his only bestseller was Dark Laughter (1925), a novel inspired by Anderson's time in the American army in Cuba, his residing in New Orleans during the 1920s, his employment as a factory worker and in advertising, and his life in the small-town midwest. Dark Laughter remains of contemporary interest with its Joyce-influenced shifting points of view.

Sherwood Anderson writes about Fiction, Social life and customs, Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941), United States, 20th century, and Ohio. Their best-known work is Winesburg, Ohio.

On FindMyTBR we track 38 books by Sherwood Anderson, 36 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Story Teller's Story, Adventure: A woman waiting for an old flame has to come terms with his absence, and Adventure: From Winesburg, Ohio (The Going Public … in Shorts Series). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.