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A. E. Hotchner

(1917-2020) Novelist, playwright, biographer. A. E. Hotchner was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Westport, Connecticut.

Mary Higgins Clark

(1927-2020) Writer. Mary Higgins Clark was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 56 books has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries. She was the mother of the mystery writer, Carol Higgins Clark.

Gertrude Himmelfarb

(1922-2019) Historian, author. Gertrude Himmelfarb was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Buck Henry

(1930-2020) Screenwriter. Buck Henry was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Samuel Hynes

(1924-2019) Author, literary critic. Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a master’s and doctorate from Columbia University.

Ayun Halliday

Ayun Halliday is the author of seven books, including No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late. She is the Chief Primatologist (and sole employee of the award-winning, long-running, hand-illustrated, handwritten zine, The East Village Inky (est. 1998). Her writing and comics have appeared in The New York Times, BUST, BITCH, Narratively, NextTribe … Continued

Robert Hunter

(1941-2019) Lyricist, poet. Robert Hunter was born in Arroyo Grande, California, and died in San Rafael, California.

Lee Bennett Hopkins

(1938-2019) Educator, poet, author, anthologist. Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and died in Cape Coral, Florida. He wrote poetry for children and edited many poetry anthologies. He either wrote or edited more than 100 books.