Helen MacInnes
(1907-1985) Novelist. Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-American novelist who lived in New York City.
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Gilbert Highet
(1906-1978) Writer. Gilbert Highet was a Scottish-American classicist and writer. He taught at Columbia University from 1937 to 1971.
Deborah Bernhardt
Bernhardt, a New York native, has received fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, the Wisconsin Arts Board, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Penn State Altoona, Writers@Work, Summer Fishtrap in Wallowa, OR, Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Hessen Literary Society, Germany. Her work has been published in magazines … Continued
Walter Tevis
(1928-1984) Walter Tevis was born in San Francisco, California and died in New York City, New York. He wrote seven novels, three of which were the basis for major motion pictures. He also wrote thirteen short stories. In 1978 Tevis moved to New York City to continue his writing.
Anya Seton
(1904-1990) Novelist. Anya Seton was born in New York City.
Francis Van Wyck Mason
(1901-1978) Novelist. Francis Van Wyck Mason lived for a time in New York City and married his wife, Dorothy L. MacReady, there in 1927.
William Keepers Maxwell Jr
(1908-2000) Novelist. William Maxwell moved to New York City in 1936 and worked as editor for The New Yorker magazine until 1976.
Ruth Moore
(1903-1989) Novelist. Ruth Moore attended Albany State Teacher’s College (now SUNY Albany) in Albany, New York, and then moved to New York City.
Chester Himes
(1909-1984) Author. Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and died in Moraira, Spain in 1984. He moved to New York City in 1944.
Helen Adam
(1909-1993) Poet. Helen Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1909 and died in New York City in 1993.