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County: Westchester

James Trager

(1925-2012) Writer. James Trager was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Bert Sugar

(1936-2012) Writer. Bert Sugar was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Kisco, New York.

Richard M Ketchum

(1922-2012) Author. Richard M. Ketchum was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Shelburne, Vermont. He co-founded with William S. Blair Country Journal, originally called Blair & Ketchum’s Country Journal.

Dorothy Gilman

(1923-2012) Novelist. Dorothy Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and died in Rye Brook, New York.

Kate Swift

(1923-2011) Writer. Kate Swift was born in Yonkers, New York, and died in Middletown, Connecticut.

Al Morgan

(1920-2011) Novelist, playwright. Al Morgan was born in Queens, New York, and died in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Ruth Cavin

(1918-2011) Author. Ruth Cavin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in White Plains, New York. She was an editor and publisher.

Sol Steinmetz

(1930-2010) Author. Sol Steinmetz was born in Budapest, Hungary, and died in Manhattan, New York. Mr. Steinmetz settled in New York when he was sixteen; he graduated from Yeshiva University and studied at Columbia University.

Martin Gardner

(1914-2010) Writer. Martin Gardner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and died in Norman, Oklahoma. He wrote fiction, poetry, literary and film criticism, and puzzle books. He moved to New York in the 1950s.