A former actress, prolific short-story writer M. M. DeVoe has won, made finalist, or been shortlisted for the following awards: •The 1997 Raymond Carver Short Fiction Competition •PRISM: international 1999 Short Fiction Competition •Phoebe’s 2001 Short Story Contest •The Lyric’s 1990 National Poetry Contest •nowCulture.com’s 1998 Annual Poetry Contest •H. E. Francis Short Story Competition … Continued
(1928-2011) Writer. Sam Denoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was an Emmy-winning writer who wrote for several television shows including “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “That Girl,” “The Steve Allen Show,” and “The Andy Williams Show.”
(1940-2011) Journalist, novelist. L. J. Davis was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1916-2010) Writer. David Dortort was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the creator of the television series, “Bonanza.”
Lesley retired from her life as a professor of psychology and reclaimed her country roots by moving to a small cottage in the Butternut River Valley in upstate New York. In the winter she migrates to old Florida—cowboys, scrub palmetto, and open fields of grazing cattle, a place where spurs still jingle in the post … Continued
(1925-2009) Author. Dominick Dunne was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1752-1817) Writer. Timothy Dwight was chaplain of the Connecticut Continental Brigade at West Point, New York, from 1777 until 1779.
Barbara Dimmick’s first novel, In The Presence Of Horses, was published by Doubleday in 1998. Translated into five foreign languages, it was a bestseller in Germany and named a Notable Book of the Season by The Brisbane Times. Her second novel, Heart-Side Up, published by Graywolf Press in 2002, was awarded the New Hampshire Writers’ … Continued
(1823-1861) Humorist. George Derby graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He used the pseudonyms John P. Squibob, John Phoenix, and Squibob.
(1960-2007) Writer. Siobhan Dowd was born in London, England. She worked in New York City for International PEN for seven years.