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L(yon) Sprague De Camp

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(1907-2000) Writer, novelist. L. Sprague De Camp was a well-known science fiction writer. De Camp served as a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve during the Second World War. He was married to Catherine Crook De Camp, also a writer.

Viña Delmar

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(1903-1990) Novelist, screenwriter. Viña Delmar was born in New York City and lived part of her life there.

Lester Del Rey

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(1915-1993) (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) Novelist, writer. Lester del Rey was a science fiction writer and editor. Del Rey was awarded the 1990 Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.

Dan Daniel

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(1890-1981) Writer. Dan Daniel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1890 and died in 1981. His family moved to New York City when he was a boy. He was called the Dean of American Baseball Writers.

William Diehl

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(1924-2006) Writer. William Diehl was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in 1924, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2006. He wrote nine novels and had nearly completed a tenth.

Ralph de Toledano

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(1916-2007) Writer. Ralph de Toledano was born in Tangier, Morocco in 1916. He moved to New York with his parents and attended Columbia University, graduating in 1938. He served time in the Army and worked at various journalistic jobs prior to joining Newsweek in 1948 and the National Review in 1955. He died in Washington, … Continued

Heidi W Durrow

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Heidi W. Durrow, a graduate of Stanford University, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Yale Law School, is a fiction writer and public speaker. Heidi’s writing focuses on issues of multiracial and multicultural identity. She is the recipient of a Fellowship in Fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Creative … Continued