Richard Edward Connell Jr.
(1893-1949) Novelist, screenwriter. Richard Edward Connell Jr. was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California.
County: Dutchess
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.
Amanda Minnie Douglas
(1831-1916) Writer. Amanda Minnie Douglas was born in New York City and died in Newark, New Jersey. She wrote adult and juvenile fiction.
Joan W. Blos
(1928-2017) Writer. Joan Blos was born in New York City and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Alexandra Ripley
(1934-2004) Writer. Alexandra Ripley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and died in Richmond, Virginia. She was a graduate of Vassar College and the author of the novel, “Scarlett.”
Kate Millett
(1934-2017) Writer. Kate Millett was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in Paris, France.
Alistair Horne
(1925-2017) Historian. Alistair Horne was born in London, England, and died in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England.
Nancy Margaret Willard
(1936-2017) Author, poet. Nancy Willard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Jacob Neusner
(1932-2016) Historian. Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Rhinebeck, New York.