George Furth
(1932-2008) Playwright. George Furth was the winner of a Tony Award for his book for the musical, “Company.” He studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, and acted on the Broadway stage.
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Otto Fuerbringer
(1910-2008) Editor. Otto Fuerbringer was managing editor of Time magazine for eight years beginning in 1960.
Daniel Fuchs
(1909-1993) Novelist, screenwriter. Daniel Fuchs was born on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his novels and screenplays, he wrote stories for The New Yorker, Esquire, and The Saturday Evening Post. He had also taught elementary school in New York.
Jack Finney
(1911-1995) Novelist. Jack Finney lived and worked, for a time, in New York City.
Thomas Flanagan
(1923-2002) Novelist. Thomas Flanagan received his master’s degree and Ph.D. from, and taught at Columbia University in New York City and was a professor at the State University of New York at Stonybrook, New York.
Paul Leicester Ford
(1865-1902) Biblographer, editor, biographer, novelist. Paul Leicester Ford was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1865.
John Fox Jr
(1862-1919) Novelist. John Fox, Jr. worked as a reporter for the New York Times and the New York Sun, in New York City.
Albert Fuller
(1926-2007) Author. Albert Fuller was born in Washington, D.C. in 1926 and died in Manhattan, New York in 2007.
Richard George Farina
(1937 – 1966) Writer, folksinger. Richard Farina was a member of the counterculture scene of the early- to mid-sixties. He wrote in Greenwich Village and married Carolyn Hester, a successful folksinger. His friendship with Bob Dylan is a central topic of David Hajdu’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘Positively 4th Street.’
James Thomas Farrell
(1904-1979) Novelist. James T. Farrell was the author of several novels, short stories and nonfiction. He died in New York City in 1979.