Geoffrey Theodore Hellman (February 13, 1907 – September 26, 1977) was an American journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker.
[3] Upon graduating in 1928, he wrote for the New York Herald Tribune's Sunday book supplement thanks to a recommendation by Thornton Wilder.
He also wrote about prominent people such as author Louis Auchincloss; New York Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who sent him story ideas; and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
His books include compilations of his pieces that appeared in The New Yorker ('Mother Taft's Chickens,' 'How to Disappear for an Hour' and 'Mrs.
They married in Reno, Nevada in 1941 just hours after her divorce from magazine editor Harry A.