(1938-1988) Fiction writer, poet. Raymond Carver was a Guggenheim fellow in 1979, twice awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1983, Carver received the prestigious Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award which gave him $35,000 per year tax free and required that he give up any employment other than writing, and in … Continued
(1915-1989) Writer. “The Black Stallion.” Farley wrote the first of the “Black Stallion” series when he was a freshman at Columbia University.
Writer. “History of Women”
(1916-1986) Novelist. Writer of numerous mystery novels, most notably the Travis McGee series which began in 1964 with “The Deep Blue Good-Bye” and ended in 1985 with “The Lonely Silver Rain.”
(1871-1932) Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist. “A Splendid Hazard”
(1842-1921) Writer. Seth Newhouse wrote many manuscripts/papers about the formation of the Iroquois Nation. It is believed that Seth Newhouse wrote the version of “The Great Law” used, without proper credit, by A. C. Parker.
(1846-1898) Writer, novelist. Edward Noyes Westcott was born in Syracuse, New York, and died at his home at 990 James Street, Syracuse, New York. He worked on “David Harum, A Story of American Life” while in Meacham Lake, New York for tuberculosis treatment.