Michael Crichton
(1942-2008) Novelist. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Roslyn, New York. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms John Lange and Jeffery Hudson.
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Jane Marvel Cooper
(1924-2007) Poet. Jane Cooper lived in Manhattan, New York, for many years. She was a professor at Sarah Lawrence College, and, from 1995 to 1997, she was the official poet of New York State.
John Cage
(1912-1992) Poet. John Cage lived a large part of his life in New York City, and died there in 1992.
Melville Henry Cane
(1879-1980) Poet. Melville Henry Cane was born in Plattsburgh, New York. He received an A.B. degree and a law degree from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.
Hayden Carruth
(1921-2008) Poet. Hayden Carruth was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died in Munnsville, New York.
George Carlin
(1937-2008) Stand-up comic, writer. George Carlin was born in and grew up in New York City.
Leo Connellan
(1928-2001) Poet. Leo Connellan lived in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York, during the 1950s and was part of the Beat Generation of poets.
Phoebe Cary
(1824-1871) Poet. Phoebe Cary lived with her sister, Alice Cary, also a poet, at 52 East 20th Street, Manhattan, New York, where they conducted a literary salon, inviting such guests as Horace Greeley, Herman Melville, George Ripley, and Bayard Taylor.
Siv Cedering
(1939-2007) Writer. Siv Cedering was born in Sweden and died in Sagaponack, New York.
Richard Carter
(d.2007) Author. Richard Carter was a newspaper journalist and author who was born in New York and died in New City, New York in 2007.