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County: New York

Mart Crowley

(1935-2020) Playwright. Mart Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Evelyn E. Smith

(1922-2000) Novelist, short story writer. Evelyn E. Smith was born in and died in New York City. She also wrote using the pseudonym Delphine C. Lyons.

Bella Spewack

(1899-1990) Writer. Bella Spewack was born in Bucharest, Romania, and died in Manhattan, New York. She and her husband, Samuel Spewack, were a writing team.

Samuel Spewack

(1899-1971) Playwright. Samuel Spewack was born in Ukraine and died in New York City. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were a writing team.

Edward Stratemeyer

(1862-1930) Publisher, writer. Edward Stratemeyer was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and died in Newark, New Jersey. He was the creator of several youth book series including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew.

Ruth McEnery Stuart

(1849–1917) Novelist, short story writer, poet. Ruth McEnery Stuart was born in Marksville, Louisiana, and died in New York City.

Susan Taubes

(1928-1969) Novelist. Susan Taubes was born in Budapest, Hungary, and died in East Hampton, New York.

Ernesto Cardenal

(1925-2020) Poet. Ernesto Cardenal was born in Granada, Nicaragua, and died in Managua, Nicaragua. He studied literature at Columbia University in New York.