William Bosworth

William Bosworth was the pen name of Nathaniel S. Brown, a writer who grew up in the Everglades of Florida. After serving in World War II, he attended Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, where he received a degree in journalism and then pursued some graduate work. He moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts in the Berkshire Mountains, and he worked as a mail handler for the Pittsfield Post Office.

In 1956, he and friends started Advance Publishing Co., run out of Great Barrington because of its location between Boston and New York City. Brown's 1957 novel The Long Search was the first book to be published by Advance Publishing Co., and the only book published under that name.

Sources:

“Brown to Autograph Copies of His Novel.” The Berkshire Eagle, 5 Mar. 1957.

“Commerce and Industry.” The Berkshire Eagle, 21 Jan. 1956.

Kenny, Herb. “Publisher's First Book His Own.” The Boston Globe, 19 May 1957.