Edward Franc Jones
(1828-1913) Novelist. Edward F. Jones was born in Utica, New York, and died in Binghamton, New York.
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Ricky Jay
(1948-2018) Author. Ricky Jay was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Richard Hampton Jenrette
(1929-2018) Author. Richard Jenrette was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and died in Charleston, South Carolina.
Nora Johnson
(1933-2017) Novelist, memoirist. Nora Johnson was born in Hollywood, California, and died in Dallas, Texas. When she was still a child she moved with her mother to New York.
Alvin Johnson
(1874-1971) Author. Alvin Johnson was born in Dakota County Nebraska, and died in Nyack, New York. He was co-founder of the New School in New York City.
Harry V Jaffa
(1918-2015) Writer, scholar. Harry V. Jaffa was born in New York City and died in Pomona, California.
Michael Charles Janeway
(1940-2014) Editor, author. Michael Janeway was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Lakeville, Connecticut. He was the son of the novelist Elizabeth Ames Hall Janeway. He had been an editor for The Boston Globe and an executive editor for The Atlantic Monthly.
Alison Jolly
(1937-2014) Author. Alison Jolly was born in Ithaca, New York. She received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 1958. She died in Lewes, East Sussex, England.
Sylvia Jorrin
Sylvia Jorrin is a sheep farmer in Delaware County, New York who has published over 1,000 articles on agricultural subjects over the past 25 years. She attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. She farms almost 100 sheep and 15 goats by herself. She is a widow with two adult children.
Haynes Johnson
(1931-2013) Journalist, author. Haynes Johnson was born in New York City and died in Bethesda, Maryland. He was known for his long association with The Washington Post.