Richard Merrill Rosenbaum
(1931-2019) Author. Richard Rosenbaum was born in Oswego, New York, and died in Rochester, New York.
County: Monroe
Jerre Gerlando Mangione
(1909-1998) Writer. Jerre Mangione was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He was the author of the book, “Mount Allegro.”
Joan Wile
(1931-2018) Author. Joan Wile was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Nanuet, New York.
Hayden White
(1928-2018) Author. Hayden White was born in Martin, Tennessee, and died in Santa Cruz, California.
Jack Keil
(1922-2017) Author. Jack Keil was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Westminster West, Vermont.
Edith Shiffert
(1916-2017) Poet. Edith Shiffert was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in Kyoto, Japan. As a child, she lived for a time in Rochester, New York.
Brock Yates
(1933-2016) Writer, journalist. Brock Yates was born in Lockport, New York, and died in Batavia, New York. He authored several books and also wrote for The Washington Post, Playboy, and The American Spectator.
Kate Light
(????-2016) Librettist, Lyricist, poet. Kate Light lived in New York City.
Donald Weinstein
(1926-2015) Historian. Donald Weinstein was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Tucson, Arizona.
Marcia Joan Brown
(1918-2015) Author. Marcia Brown was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Laguna Hills, California. She won three Caldecott Medals.