Laura Z. Hobson
(1900-1986) Novelist. Laura Z. Hobson was born in New York City, grew up on Long Island, and died in New York City.
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William Humphrey
(1924-1997) Novelist. William Humphrey was born in Clarksville, Texas, and died in Hudson, New York.
Kitty Carlisle Hart
(1910-2007) Actress, writer. Kitty Carlisle lived much of her life in New York City.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
(1847-1930) Novelist, poet. Arthur Sherburne Hardy was born in Andover, Massachusetts in 1847 and died in Woodstock, Connecticut in 1930. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1865 and graduated in 1869.
Henry Harland
(1861-1905)(Sidney Luska) Novelist. Henry Harland was born in New York City in 1861 and died in Sanremo, Italy, in 1905. He attended City College in Manhattan, New York.
Bertha Harris
(1937-2005) Novelist. Bertha Harris was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1937 and died in New York City in 2005. She moved to New York City during the 1960s.
Raul Hilberg
(1926-2007) Historian, writer. Raul Hilberg wrote about the Holocaust.
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (Amanda Cross)
(1926-2003) Writer, novelist. Carolyn Heilbrun wrote many mystery novels using the pseudonym “Amanda Cross.”
Richard Hofstadter
(1916-1970) Historian. Richard Hofstadter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1916 and died in 1970. Hofstadter was the winner of two Pulitzer prizes.
Philip Hone
(1780-1851) Diarist. Philip Hone was born in New York City in 1780 and died in New York City in 1851. He was mayor of New York City from 1826-1827, and lived at 235 Broadway, New York, New York. He kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century.