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Authors Key West Guesthouse
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Rooms
See AllHellman Sleeps 2Queen bed with private bathroom. Room is poolside. Room opens onto sun deck, with outdoor seating. Refrigerator in room.Lillian Hellman, one of America's leading female playwrights, is best known for such classics as The Little Foxes, The Children's Hour, and Watch on the Rhine.Ground FloorMargaret Truman Sleeps 2Queen bed with private bathroom. Room opens onto upper sun deck, with outdoor seating. Combine with the Harry Truman to form a suite for 4 guests. Refrigerator in room.Margaret Truman, President Truman's daughter, enjoyed Key West as her father did and became a well-known mystery novelist.Second FloorAudobon Sleeps 2Queen bed with private bathroom on the 2nd floor. Room opens onto upper sun deck, with outdoor seating. Combine with the Wilder to form a suite for 4 guests. Refrigerator in room.John James Audubon, naturalist and painter, was one of the most renowned residents of the Florida Keys. He was the author of Audubon's Florida and The Birds of America. Some of Audubon’s most famous paintings were done at the Key West home of Capt. John Geiger, now the Audubon House and Gardens.Second FloorHarry Truman Sleeps 2Queen bed. with your own 2nd Floor PRIVATE BALCONY AND SUNDECK with outdoor seating.Combine with the Margaret Truman to form a suite and sleep up to 4 people. Refrigerator in room.Harry Truman, our 33rd president, cherished the tranquility of Key West.Hemingway Private Cottage Sleeps up to 4Full cottage features a Queen bedroom plus a spacious living room with sleeper sofa. Includes fully-equipped kitchen and a private porch. Located on Ground floor.Reserve your stay in the Hemingway Cottage, and enjoy all the comforts the historic stand-alone conch house offers. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway, who won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.Herlihy Sleeps 2Spacious pool-side room offering a king bed, with private bathroom. Room has a refrigerator and opens onto sun deck, with outdoor seating. Refrigerator in room.James Leo Herlihy, author of Midnight Cowboy, acquired an intense love of Key West and used it as a setting for many of his short stories. Herlihy could often be found in the company of his mentor, Tennessee Williams, strolling the quiet streets of Key West, or swimming off the White Street pier at sunset.Ground FloorKirkwood Sleeps up to 3 peopleOne large room. Queen and twin bed with private bathroom. Room has a refrigerator and opens onto upper sun deck, with outdoor seating.James Kirkwood co-authored the musical, A Chorus Line. While relaxing in these cozy tropical surroundings, enjoy reading one of Kirkwood's many plays or novels.Second FloorLibrary Sleeps 2King bed with private bathroom. The Library is a sunny room with gloss white woodwork and soft green walls. Room opens onto garden, with seating area outside to enjoy the afternoon sun. Combine with Artist and/or Poet to form a suite. Refrigerator in room.Ground FloorArtist Sleeps 2Queen bed with private bathroom in a cool aqua-tinted hideaway. Indoor seating. Enjoy the afternoon sun as the room opens to outdoor seating. Refrigerator in room. Combine with Poet to form a Suite. Ground FloorMcCullers Sleeps 2Queen bed with private bathroom. Small cozy room, close to pool spa. Enjoy the afternoon sun, the room opens onto outdoor seating. Refrigerator in room.Carson McCullers was only 23 when her first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, became a literary sensation. Ground FloorPoet Sleeps up to 4Our largest suite offers two (2) Queen Beds, a private bathroom, and ample seating in a spacious, sun-filled area, large enough to accommodate four people comfortably. Enjoy the afternoon sun through the lovely French Doors, that open to convenient outdoor seating. The POET SUITE easily upgrades to combine with the Artist Room and/or the Library to offer accommodations for up to 6 or 8 persons. A small refrigerator can be found in the POET SUITE.Ground FloorWilder Sleeps 3Deluxe King Room is spacious and offers a King Bed, comfortable seating and a large flat screen TV, refrigerator and a private bathroom. Conveniently located off the upper sun deck, with outdoor seating available nearby.Combine with the Audubon room to form a suite that sleeps up to 5 people.Thornton Wilder is the author of The Matchmaker, on which Hello Dolly was based, and the very popular Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Second FloorWilliams Private Cottage Sleeps up to 4Full cottage features a King bedroom plus a spacious living room with sleeper sofa. Includes fully-equipped kitchen and a private porch. Located on Ground floor.Relax beneath a cool Bahama fan and read A Streetcar Named Desire or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, two of the many plays written by this Pulitzer Prize winning author.
About Us
Read MoreAuthors Key West Guesthouse was conceived to honor the literary masters who lived and worked in quaint, colorful Key West.Born from this idea is our enchanting bed and breakfast, a compound of historic Conch-style houses, suites, and rooms, hidden beneath trees and tropical foliage surrounding our inviting Dipping Pool/Spa. Conveniently located near the Historic Seaport, the Ferry Terminal, and many of our island's most popular activities.Enjoy our perfect piece of paradise!
