Which 1960s TV programme was based on a book by Grace Metalious?
Grace Metalious famous book. The celebration, which included lectures, readings of her work and screenings of the 1957 film, marked the area's first public acknowledgment of its native daughter. In the 2016 comedic soap opera Contentment Corner, the robotic sheriff of the titular town was named Metalious Steele, after Metalious. It is implied at several points that the sheriff may house the preserved brain of Metalious herself, though the author, Ron "AAlgar" Watt, kept this intentionally unconfirmed. Grace Metalious Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author known for her controversial novel "Peyton Place", one of the
Grace Metalious moved to Durham, New Hampshire, where George attended the University of New Hampshire. In Durham, Grace Metalious began writing seriously. When George graduated, he took a position as principal at a school in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. In the fall of 1954, at the age of 30, she began work on a manuscript about the dark secrets of a small New England town. The novel had the working title "The Tree and the Blossom". By the spring of 1955, she had finished a first draft. By her husband's account, both Metaliouses regarded "The Tree and the Blossom" as an unwieldy title