(Mary) Patricia Plangman Highsmith
(1921-1995) Novelist. Patricia Highsmith was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She lived in New York City from 1942-1963.
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Barbara A. Holland
(1925-1988) Poet. Barbara A. Holland lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, from the 1960s until her death.
Spencer Holst
(1926-2001) Writer. Spencer Holst ran away from Toledo at 16 to become a poet; after serving in the army, he returned and lived in Westbeth Artists Housing, in Manhattan, New York.
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967) Poet, writer, “Poet Laureate of Harlem.” Langston Hughes worked, growing onions on a truck farm on Staten Island, in 1922. Hughes was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Mr. Hughes moved to Manhattan, New York, from Missouri in 1921; he studied at Columbia University, and later lived at 20 … Continued
Harry Houdini
(ERICH WEISS) (1874-1926) Writer, spiritualist. “A Magician Amoung the Spirits” (1924), “The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin” (1908) lived on Powells Cove Boulevard in Whitestone and is buried in Machpelah Cemetery in Queens and lived on E. 79th St. and in the “German” section of Harlem in Manhattan.
John Habberton
19th century playwright, novelist, and editor. Born in Brooklyn. He had little formal education, but learned to be a printer through practical experience gained before he was 20. From 1862 to 1865 he served as a private in the Union Army, and at the end of the Civil War got a job in a New … Continued
Margaret Halsey
Writer. “With Malice Toward Some”
Dashiell Hammett
(1894-1961) Writer. Dashiell Hammett was born in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland and died in New York, New York.
Tom Heggen
Writer. “Mr. Roberts”
Lillian Hellman
(1905-1984) Playwright, writer. “The Children’s Hour” (1934), “Days to Come” (1936), “The Little Foxes” (1939), “Toys In The Attic” (1960), and others. Lived in Manhattan.