Austin Wright in the 1960s

Austin Wright in the 1960s
Austin Wright and Tiger Stripey "Kitty" in the 1960s

Saturday, May 28, 2011

John Kirtland Wright holding a young Gerry (Gertrude Wright McPherson) and Austin.

Friday, May 20, 2011


Austin Wright was a novelist and critic. He wrote under the name Austin Wright, Austin M. Wright and Austin McGiffert Wright.

He was the son of the distinguished geographer, John Kirtland Wright. Both of his grandmothers were writers, one a novelist, Mary Tappan Wright, and one a poet, Gertrude Huntington Wright. His uncle, also named Austin (Austin Tappan Wright) was the author of the cult classic Islandia.