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Karen Hess

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(1918-2007) Culinary historian. Karen Hess was born in Blair, Nebraska in 1918 and died in Manhattan, New York in 2007.

Richard Hofstadter

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(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

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(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.

Mark Harris

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(1922-2007) Novelist, biographer. Mark Harris was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He was known for his novels about a mythical baseball player.

David Halberstam

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(1934-2007) Journalist, author. David Halberstam was born in New York City in 1934. Halberstam worked for the “Daily Times Leader” in West Point, Mississippi, the “Nashville Tennessean,” the “New York Times,” and “Harper’s” magazine. Halberstam was a 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for his reporting on the Viet Nam war. Mr. Halberstam died in a car … Continued

Peter Halasz

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(1944-2006) Playwright. Peter Halasz was born in Hungary in 1944 and died in New York, New York in 2006. He was founder of New York’s Squat/Love Theater collective in 1977.

Henry Hewes

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(1917-2006) Critic. Henry Hewes was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a Columbia University graduate and had worked for the New York Times before joining the Saturday Review in 1951. He was a theater critic for the Saturday Review and founder of The American Theatre Critics Association. He died in 2007 in New … Continued

Janet Hamill

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Janet Hamill was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received her B.A. in English from Rowan University and spent many years living in New York City and travelling in the United States, Europe and Africa before moving with her husband to Orange County, New York. She is a full-time writer and recipient of the … Continued

Penny Harter

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Penny Harter has published sixteen books of poems, six in the last decade. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and magazines worldwide, and her autobiographical essay appears in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Volume 28 (1998) as well as in Contemporary Authors, Volume 172 (1999). Her essays on the teaching of writing and related subjects have … Continued