Elliott Roosevelt
(1910-1990) Author. Elliott Roosevelt was born in New York City and died in Scottsdale, Arizona.
County: Dutchess
Ellen Moers Mayer
(1928-1979) Writer, critic, teacher. Ellen Moers Mayer was born in and died in New York.
Le Anne Schreiber
(1945-2019) Editor, author. Le Anne Schreiber was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in Poughkeepsie, New York. She worked for a time as editor of The New York Times sports section and as editor of The Times Book Review.
Robie Macauley
(1919-1995) Editor, novelist, critic. Robie Macauley was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He taught at Bard College.
Graham Duncan
(1922-2019) Poet, writer. Graham Duncan was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Sue Kaufman
(1926-1977) Author. Sue Kaufman was born on Long Island, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored the novel “Diary of a Mad Housewife.”
Diana King
(1927-2018) Author. Diana King was born in London, England, and died in Lakeville, Connecticut. She opened a camp in Amenia, New York, for dyslexic children.
Richard Edward Connell Jr.
(1893-1949) Novelist, screenwriter. Richard Edward Connell Jr. was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California.
Richard Hampton Jenrette
(1929-2018) Author. Richard Jenrette was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and died in Charleston, South Carolina.
Alice Provensen
(1918-2018) Author. Alice Provensen was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in San Clemente, California. She, along with her husband, Martin Provensen, was a children’s book illustrator and author. They lived in New York City for a time and then moved to a home in the Hudson River Valley.