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Richard Jackson

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(1935-2019) Author, editor. Richard Jackson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Towson, Maryland. He received a master’s degree in publishing at New York University.

Elizabeth Jordan

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(1865-1947) Journalist, author, editor, suffragist. Elizabeth Jordan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in New York City.

Harvey Jacobs

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(1930-2017) Novelist. Harvey Jacobs was born in New York City. He contributed to scripts for the television series “Tales from the Darkside” and “Monsters.”

Juris Jurjevics

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(1943-2018) Novelist. Juris Jurjevics was born in Tukums, Latvia, and died in the Bronx, New York. He immigrated to New York with his family in 1950. His first wife was the novelist and short story writer, Laurie Colwin, who died in 1992. He, along with Laura Chapman Hruska and Alan Hruska, was a founder of … Continued

Ricky Jay

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(1948-2018) Author. Ricky Jay was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Nora Johnson

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(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

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(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.