Luther Davis
(1916-2008) Playwright, screenwriter. Luther Berryhill Davis was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1916.
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Ellen Miller Donaldson
(1871-1949) Writer. Ellen Ione Miller Donaldson’s parents, from Gilbertsville, New York, moved to Avon, New York, where her father worked for the railroads and where Ellen, aka “Nellie”, was born. A few years after, the family moved to Isletta Pueblo, New Mexico, while her father was involved building the Santa Fe Railroad to Albuquerque. It … Continued
Thomas M Disch
(1940-2008) Author. Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and died in Manhattan, New York. He is best known as a science fiction author and poet.
Elaine Dundy
(1921-2008) Writer. Elaine Dundy was born in New York City.
Andrew Jackson Downing
(1815-1852) Horticulturist, writer. Andrew Jackson Downing was born in Newburgh, New York and died in a boating accident in the Hudson River, New York. He was editor of “The Horticulturist” magazine from 1846 to 1852.
Margaret Truman Daniel
(1924-2008) Author. Margaret Truman Daniel was the author of many biographies and mystery novels.
Mercedes De Acosta
(1893-1968) Writer, poet. Mercedes de Acosta was born in New York City in 1893 and died in 1968.
Thomas Dixon Jr
(1864-1946) Writer. Dixon wrote several novels, plays, sermons, and works of nonfiction.
Patrick Dennis
(1921-1976) Novelist, writer. (Edward Everett Tanner III)
Melvin Dixon
(1950-1992) Novelist, poet.