[1] Robert Fair de Graff was born in Plainfield, New Jersey.
Afterward, he went back to New Jersey where he worked repairing cars.
[3][4] In 1939, de Graff founded Pocket Books with financial support from Simon & Schuster.
[5][6] De Graff was married to Dorcas Marie Bomann when he died at his home in Mill Neck, Long Island, New York, in 1981 at the age of 86.
Services were held at the Episcopal Church of St. John’s of Lattingtown in Locust Valley, Long Island.