George Sterling
(1869-1926) Poet. George Sterling was born in Sag Harbor, New York.
County: Suffolk
Booker T Washington
(1856-1915) Writer, educator. Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, and died in Tuskagee, Alabama. He owned a house, still standing, near Cousins Avenue, Fort Salonga, Northport, New York, in 1911.
Theodore H White
(1915-1986) Political writer. “The Making of the President” (1961), died in Manhattan, New York.
P. G. Wodehouse
(1881-1975) Writer. “Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves” (1963), became a U. S. Citizen in 1955 and lived on Basket Neck Lane in Remsenburg; he died in Southampton Hospital.
Arthur B Reeve
(1880-1936) Writer. Arthur B. Reeve attended New York Law School. He wrote the Professor Craig Kennedy series of mystery/detective novels.
Nelson Algren
(1909-1981) Writer. “The Man with the Golden Arm” (1949) – National Book Award (1950)
Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
(1870-1934) Writer. Mary Shell Hoke Bacon lived in Manhattan, New York. She was also know as Dolores Bacon.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
(1842-1914) Ambrose Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio. He wrote many collections of poetry, short stories, and essays.
Finley Peter Dunne
(1867-1936) Writer, journalist. “Mr. Dooley In Peace And War” (1898). Dunne lived in Southampton, New York, during the summers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
(1900-1944) Writer. Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in Lyon, France, and died in a plane crash off the coast of France. He lived at 240 Central Park South at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York. He also lived on Bevin Road in Asharoken, New York, from 1942 to 1943.