Anita Loos
(1888-1981) Novelist. Anita Loos was born in Sisson, California in 1888 and died in New York City in 1981. She and her husband, John Emerson, lived in New York for a period of time.
County: Nassau
Frank N Van Zant
Van Zant is Director of one of the oldest alternative schools in the country, The Greenhouse, in Rockville Centre, New York. He’s been awarded Honorary Lifetime Member by the NYPTA and Teacher of Excellence by NYSEC. At George Washington University, where he earned a scholarship as a pitcher, he was named University Poet in 1983. … Continued
Joseph Keppler Jr
(1872-1956) Writer, collector of Native American literature and artifacts, cartoonist, publisher. “Puck.” Joseph Keppler, Jr. took over the magazine after his father’s death. He lived in Inwood, New York.
Charles Anderson Dana
(1819-1897) Editor, newspaperman. He and his associates bought the New York Sun in 1868 and made the paper famous for its literary quality and editorials. At the age of 24 he joined the staff of the New York Tribune and later became its managing editor. He resigned in 1862 because he disagreed with HORACE GREELEY … Continued
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919) Historian, naturalist, statesman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City and made his home, for many years, at “Sagamore Hill” in Oyster Bay, New York.
Jack Newfield
Jack Newfield (1938-2004) Journalist, writer. Jack Newfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and was a graduate of Hunter College. He was a writer for The Village Voice for almost 25 years.
Herman Wouk
(1915-2019) Novelist. Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Palm Springs, California.
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen was the pseudonym used by cousins Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay. Dannay lived in Nassau County, New York. Manfred Lee lived in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York.
William Saroyan
(1908-1981) Novelist, playwright. William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California. He lived in Mill Neck, New York for six months, and stayed at the McBurney YMCA, 215 West 23rd Street in Manhattan, New York when he first moved to New York in the 1920s. In 1991 the United States Postal Service issued its nineth stamp … Continued
Edward Everett Tanner III
Writer. Published under the pseudonyms Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans “Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade in Biography,”1955. He lived in an old school house in Smithtown,Bethpage. Auntie Mame made Tanner a millionaire ,he became the first author to have three books on the Times list at once, when he published “Guestward Ho!” and “The Loving … Continued