(1946-2008) Journalist, writer. Nancy Hicks Maynard was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1946. She was the first black woman to be a reporter at The New York Times and she and her husband bought and published The Oakland Tribune. She died in Los Angeles, California, in 2008.
(1906-1978) Writer. Gilbert Highet was a Scottish-American classicist and writer. He taught at Columbia University from 1937 to 1971.
(1924-2008) Editor, writer. L. Rust Hills was born in and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was fiction editor for Esquire magazine.
(1931-2007) Cartoonist. Johnny Hart was born in Endicott, New York in 1931.
(1798-1863) Novelist. Baynard Rush Hall was a resident for a time in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
(1914-2008) Writer. J. C. Hurewitz was a Columbia University professor. He died in Manhattan, New York.
(1966-2007) Poet, educator, musician. Sarah Hannah attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, earning a master’s in creative writing and a doctorate in literature.
(1915-2008) Writer, novelist. W. C. Heinz was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Bennington, Vermont.
(1930-2008) Writer. Edward D. Hoch was the writer of over 900 mystery stories. Many of his mystery stories were published in periodicals like Argosy, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, The Saint Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
(1909-1984) Author. Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and died in Moraira, Spain in 1984. He moved to New York City in 1944.