Paul Aiken
(1959-2016) Paul Daymond Aiken was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was executive director of the Authors Guild.
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Benedict Anderson
(1936-2015) Author. Benedict Anderson was born in Kunming, China, and died in Batu, Indonesia.
Jane Aaron
(1948-2015) Author. Jane Aaron was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Leroy F. Aarons
Leroy F. Aarons (1933-2004) Editor, journalist, playwright, author. Leroy F. Aarons was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Santa Rosa, California.
Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel’s first novel, The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up, won the 2012 Dundee International Book Award and was published by Cargo. His short story collection, Scouting for the Reaper, won the 2012 Hudson Prize and was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2014. His most recent books include a novel, The Biology of … Continued
M. H. Abrams
(1912-2015) Literary critic. M. H. Abrams was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Martin Anderson
(1936-2015) Author. Martin Anderson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and died in Portola Valley, California.
Msgr Lorenzo Albacete
(1941-2014) Author. Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and died in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He wrote articles about religion for the New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, and he was a professor of theology at St. Joseph Seminary and lived in Yonkers, New York.
Margot Adler
(1946-2014) Journalist. Margot Adler was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Maya Angelou
(1928-2014) Author, poet. Maya Angelou was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.