Frank Sullivan
(1892-1976) Short story writer. He had stories published in New Yorker, Good Housekeeping (the lesson is live in Saratoga and get published in the New Yorker).
County: Saratoga
Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
(1825-1894) Poet, historian. Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester was born in Denmark, New York.
Katrina Trask
(1853-1922) Poet, playwright. Katrina Trask was born in Brooklyn, New York. She founded Yaddo, the Artists’ Colony located near Saratoga Springs, New York.
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
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).