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Norton Townshend Dodge

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(1927-2011) Writer. Norton Dodge was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and died in Washington, D.C. He was a collector of nonconformist Soviet art. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cornell University.

M M De Voe

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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

Sam Denoff

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(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.”

L J Davis

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(1940-2011) Journalist, novelist. L. J. Davis was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Brooklyn, New York.

David Dortort

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(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 A Diehl

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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

Timothy Dwight

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(1752-1817) Writer. Timothy Dwight was chaplain of the Connecticut Continental Brigade at West Point, New York, from 1777 until 1779.

Barbara Dimmick

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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

George Horatio Derby

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(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.