1978-1980. Seven pieces of correspondence (three autograph letters signed; three autograph postcards signed; one typed note signed) and two completed author questionnaires with accompanying C.V.s, all dating from the time of publication of her novels Uncle, which won a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, and American Rose. The lot begins with Markus' 1978 author questionnaire, in which she answers all demographic questions, as well as positions held, colleges attended, and previous books published. She also supplies her hobbies (literary history, Italian films, swimming); her influences (Browning, Years, Fellini, George Eliot, Henry James, C.P. Snow, etc.); the names of those who might provide comment; and important points to emphasize in the promotion of Uncle. Her letters touch on publicity, reviews, gratitude for her publisher, her reading (The Thin Man); her writing (proceeding well after attending the Nashville Conference); and an endorsement for Nina Schneider's The Woman Who Lived in A Prologue. A publicity photo of the author is included. The later author questionnaire [1980] is a photocopy, with an attached C.V.: with this questionnaire, Markus is more spare with demographics, but she provides more information about the origin of her novel American Rose, as well as the research conducted, her potential market, and suggested angles for promotion. "America in the present, despite its similarities to Rome in its decline, is an exhilarating place to be. Maybe because the American Dream never worked out, maybe because we are in a decline of power, maybe because of the strength of our individual imaginations, I feel we are on new ground..." Also included are a typed note signed from Norman Mailer and an autograph postcard signed from Susan Fromberg Schaeffer: each politely declines to offer a blurb for American Rose, but Schaeffer does offer to review it when it comes out. There is also a form from City Lights Books granting permission for an excerpt from Allen Ginsberg's Kaddish to be used in American Rose, which is signed by Markus. The lot is fine. [#036713] $500