Patricia “Pat” (O’Brien) Janus
(1932-2006) Poet. Patricia O’Brien was raised in New York City. She was married to John Janus and later moved to Rochester, New York. She died in Rochester, New York.
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Helene Johnson
(1906-1995) Poet. Helene Johnson and her cousin, novelist Dorothy West, moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1927. Her literary work appears mostly in the magazines “Opportunity,” the “Messenger,” the “Saturday Evening Quill,” and “Vanity Fair.”
Rev Stanley Ladislas Jaki
(1924-2009) Writer. Stanley L. Jaki received a doctorate degree from Fordham University in 1957.
Crockett Johnson
(1906-1975) Writer. Crockett Johnson was born in New York City. He was the author and illustrator of many children’s books. He was the husband of Ruth Krauss.
Thomas A Johnson
(1928-2008) Writer. Thomas A. Johnson was the first black reporter to work for Newsday, and later for The New York Times, making him one of the first black journalists to work as a foreign correspondent for a major daily newspaper.
Robert Jastrow
(1925-2008) Writer. Robert Jastrow was born in New York in 1925 and wrote about scientific subjects.
Randall Jarrell
(1914-1965) Novelist, poet. Randall Jarrell taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York from 1946 to 1947. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1956 to 1958.
Helen Hunt Jackson
(1830-1885) Novelist. Helen Hunt Jackson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and died in San Francisco, California.
Shirley Hardie Jackson
(1916-1965) Novelist. Shirley Hardie Jackson was born in San Francisco, California and died in North Bennington, Vermont.
Rona Jaffe
(1931-2005) Novelist. Rona Jaffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in London, England.