Leonie Fuller Adams
(1899-1988) Poet. Leonie Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1948 to 1949.
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Felipe Alfau
(1902-1999) Writer. Felipe Alfau was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1902. He lived most of his life in New York.
Elizabeth Chase Allen
(1832-1911) Author, journalist, poet. Elizabeth Chase Allen was born in Strong, Maine, in 1832, and died in Tuckahoe, New York, in 1911. She was the author of both prose and poetry books. She used the pseudonym Florence Percy. She was married to Paul Akers and, later to E. M. Allen.
Lucy Angeleri
(c.1922-2004) Poet. Lucy Angeleri lived in Forest Hills, New York. She was the author of two collections of poetry.
Eliot Asinof
(1919-2008) Writer. Eliot Asinof was best known for his book, “Eight Men Out,” a nonfiction narrative of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Paul Arthur
(c.1948-2008) Film historian, writer. Paul Arthur was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in White Plains, New York.
Gerald Astor
(1926-2007) Author, journalist. Gerald Astor was known for his books on World War II.
Herbert Asbury
(1889-1963) Writer, Reporter, Novelist. Herbert Asbury divided his time between two homes; one in New York City and the other in Canada Lake, New York.
Helen Adam
(1909-1993) Poet. Helen Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1909 and died in New York City in 1993.
Brooke Astor
(1902-2007)Writer, New York socialite & philantropist. Writings include many magazine articles, two published volumes of autobiography, and two novels. Astor worked 8 years at “House and Garden,” a Conde Nast magazine. In 1953 Brooke was married for the third time to Vincent Astor. She and her husband developed the Vincent Astor Foundation, a foundation that … Continued