(1908-2008) Preservationist, writer. Margot Gayle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1908, and died in Manhattan, New York, in 2008. She was known for her efforts in preserving historic landmarks, especially Victorian cast iron architecture, and she was the author of four books.
(1914-2008) Editor, publisher. Robert Giroux was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and died in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. He attended high school and Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.
(1929-2008) Novelist. George Garrett was a poet and novelist who attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1948 until 1949 and was an adjunct professor there from 1977 until 1978.
(1920-2007) Historian, biographer. John A. Garraty was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Sag Harbor, New York. He was the general editor of American National Biography.
(1910-1991) Author. Ernest Kellogg Gann worked at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, following his studies at the Yale School of Drama.
(1897-1991) Writer. Marcus Aurelius Goodrich graduated from Columbia University in 1923.
(1846-1935) Writer. Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs was a detective fiction writer.
(1909-1962) Novelist. William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved to New York when he was a child.
(1919-1980) Novelist, short story writer. Davis Grubb lived in New York City, working for NBC radio, and died there in 1980.
(1910?-2007) Writer. Mildred Millar Graff was a gardener and writer important in the development of New York City’s parks.