Clarence Knapp
Knapp wrote “Sob Ballads” and from 1925-1943 many stories for the New Yorker.
County: Saratoga
Katherine Anne Porter
(1890-1980) Writer, novelist. Katherine Anne Porter lived at 75 Washington Place, Manhattan, New York. In 2006 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-second stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Katherine Anne Porter.
Margaret Pollock Sherwood
Sherwood wrote “The Coming of the Tide,” “The Princess Pourquoi,” and many articles/poems for Scribners and Atlantic Monthly.
Lura Anna Boies
(1835-1859) Poet. Boies wrote “Rural Rhymes” (1859).
Charles Brackett
(1892-1969) Novelist, screenwriter. Charles Brackett was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
May Belle Curtis
Curtis wrote “Kathi of Skenesborough” (1914).
Edna Ferber
(1885-1968) Writer, author, novelist. Among Edna Ferber’s best-known novels are “So Big” (1924; Pulitzer Prize), “Show Boat” (1926; musical version 1927), “Cimarron” (1929), “Saratoga Trunk” (1941), “Giant” (1952), and “Ice Palace” (1958). Ms. Ferber also collaborated with George S. Kaufman on such plays as “The Royal Family” (1927), “Dinner at Eight” (1932), and “Stage Door” … Continued
Southern Adirondack Library System
Southern Adirondack Library System serves the counties of Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington.