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Francis Wilson

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(1854-1935) Author. Francis Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He wrote the screenplay The Bachelor’s Baby.

(John) Keith Winter

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(1906-1983) Playwright. Keith Winter was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He wrote “The Rats of Norway.”

Harold Vincent Milligan

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(1883-1951) Author. Harold V. Milligan was the author of the book, “Stephen Collins Foster: A Biography of America’s Folk-song Composer.” He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

Jean Craighead George

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(1919-2012) Author. Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Kisco, New York. She was a Newbery Award-winning writer of books for young people.

Michael James O’Neill

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(1922-2012) Editor. Michael J. O’Neill was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Scarsdale, New York. He was a former editor of The Daily News in New York and author, editor, and contributor to several books.

Harvey Breit

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(1909-1968) Poet, playwright. Harvey Breit was born in 1909 and died in 1968. He Lectured at Sarah Lawrence College and wrote for TIME and the New York Times Book Review.

James Trager

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

Bert Sugar

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

Richard M Ketchum

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(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.