Thompson was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 14, 1929 and educated at Loomis School and Yale University, where he studied English and classical literature. Although he travelled to Europe periodically, he spent most of his life in New York. He died on December 5, 1989.

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Thompson once observed that "It is difficult to write about one's self. I would much rather write about small animals--good and bad--small children--good and bad--than about a middle-aging author." But what teases one out of thought is the idea that in The Story of Harold Thompson made of the life of "a middle-aging author" a lasting contribution to glbtq literature.

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