(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.
(1900-1986) Novelist. Laura Z. Hobson was born in New York City, grew up on Long Island, and died in New York City.
(1924-1997) Novelist. William Humphrey was born in Clarksville, Texas, and died in Hudson, New York.
(1910-2007) Actress, writer. Kitty Carlisle lived much of her life in New York City.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(1926-2007) Historian, writer. Raul Hilberg wrote about the Holocaust.
(1926-2003) Writer, novelist. Carolyn Heilbrun wrote many mystery novels using the pseudonym “Amanda Cross.”