Donald Honig

Last updated
Donald Honig
BornDonald Honing
(1931-08-17) August 17, 1931 (age 93)
Maspeth, New York, U.S.
Occupation Writer

Donald Martin Honig (born August 17, 1931) [1] is an American novelist, historian and editor who mostly writes about baseball. [2]

Contents

While a member of the Bobo Newsom Memorial Society, an informal group of writers, Honig attempted to convince Lawrence Ritter to write a sequel to his 1966 book The Glory of Their Times . Pleading time limitations, Ritter declined to attempt such a book himself, but gave Honig his blessing, leading to the books Baseball When the Grass Was Real (1975) and Baseball Between The Lines (1976).

Over the next 19 years, Honing churned out 39 books about baseball. He collaborated with Ritter on The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time in 1981.

He also published several illustrated histories of long-standing franchises. Honig published his most recent baseball book, The Fifth Season, in 2009.

Honig was also a frequent contributor of short stories to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

Awards and honors

The city of Cromwell, Connecticut named September 24, 2020, “Donald Honig Day” in recognition of his career.

Personal life

Honig married Sandra Schindlinger [3] in 1972; they later divorced. He currently resides in Venice, Florida, after living in Cromwell, Connecticut through 2020.

Bibliography

As editor

References

  1. "Donald Honig". goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. Donald Honig | Baseballbiography.com
  3. "Sandra Honig-Haftel". legacy.com. Herald Tribune. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. Honig, Donald (May 1993). The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson. ISBN   0451175840.