Stephen Seley

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Stephen Seley, an American novelist, died of a heart attack last Saturday in Ibiza, Spain, where he had lived since 1957.

He was 67 years old.

Mr. Seley, who was born in Brooklyn and grew up in South Orange, N.J., and Newark, wrote "The Cradle Will Fall," published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1945; "Baxter Bernstein: A Hero of Sorts," published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1949, and "The End of Mercy," published by De Bezige Bij of Amsterdam in 1969.

Surviving is a brother, Jason, a sculptor and dean of Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning.

Published in The New York Times, (NY) - May 14, 1982