Chester Aaron

Chester Aaron (May 9, 1923 – August 30, 2019 ) was an American writer.

Early life and education
He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to Albert and Celia (Charleson) Aaron.

He attended the following schools: Butler Senior High School, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

Career
In addition to his writing, he has worked as a steel worker, an X-ray technician, a college professor, and a garlic farmer.

Works
For young adults:
 * Better than Laughter (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972)
 * Translated into German by Irmela Bender, illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Beltz & Gelberg (Weinheim, Germany):
 * Besser also Lachen: Kinderroman [Better Than Laughter], 1976,
 * Im Wettlauf mit der Zeit [...] [In A Race Against Time], 1991,


 * An American Ghost, illustrated by David Lemon (Harcourt, 1973); reprinted 2011 by Zumaya Publications
 * Hello to Bodega (Atheneum Books, 1976)
 * Spill (Atheneum, 1978)
 * Catch Calico! (E. P. Dutton, 1979)
 * Gideon: A Novel (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1982)
 * Duchess (Lippincott, 1982)
 * Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Lippincott, 1985)
 * Lackawanna: A Novel (Lippincott, 1986)
 * Alex, Who Won His War (New York: Walker Publ. Co., 1991)
 * Willa's Poppy (Zumaya, 2005)
 * Home to the Sea (Brown Barn Books, 2008)

For adults:
 * The Cowbank (1955) – play produced at University of California Berkeley
 * About Us: A Novel (McGraw-Hill, 1967); reprinted 2012 by Zumaya – autobiographical novel
 * Garlic Is Life: A Memoir with Recipes (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1996)
 * The Great Garlic Book: A Guide with Recipes (Ten Speed Press, 1997)
 * Garlic Kisses: Human Struggles with Garlic Connections (Milan OH: Mostly Garlic, 2001); reprinted 2004 by Zumaya
 * Black and Blue Jew: A Novel (Creative Arts, 2002)
 * Whispers (Zumaya., 2004)
 * Symptoms of Terminal Passion (El Leon Literary Arts, 2006)
 * Murder by Metaphor, (Zumaya, 2009)
 * 25 Loves (Andrea Young Arts, 2009)
 * About Them: A Novel (El Literary Arts–Manoa Books, 2011)