Francis Van Wyck Mason
(1901-1978) Novelist. Francis Van Wyck Mason lived for a time in New York City and married his wife, Dorothy L. MacReady, there in 1927.
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William Keepers Maxwell Jr
(1908-2000) Novelist. William Maxwell moved to New York City in 1936 and worked as editor for The New Yorker magazine until 1976.
Leonard Michaels
(1933-2003) Novelist. Leonard Michaels was born in New York City and grew up in Manhattan, New York. He graduated from New York University.
Ruth Moore
(1903-1989) Novelist. Ruth Moore attended Albany State Teacher’s College (now SUNY Albany) in Albany, New York, and then moved to New York City.
Ward Moore
(1903-1978) Novelist, science fiction writer. (Joseph) Ward Moore was born in Madison, New Jersey, and died in Pacific Grove, California. He lived in New York City.
Peter Hamilton Myers
(1812-1878) Novelist. Peter Hamilton Myers was born in Herkimer, New York and spent most of his life in New York State and New York City.
Jonathan Maslow
(1948-2008)Writer. Jonathan Maslow recieved his master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in Manhattan, NY in 1974.
Stephen Marlowe
(1928-2008) Novelist. Stephen Marlowe was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928.
William March
(1893-1954) Novelist. William March was born in Mobile, Alabama, and died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Norman Mailer
(1923-2007) Novelist, writer. Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1923, and died in New York in 2007. He wrote more than 30 books and was twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Mailer was co-founder of “The Village Voice,” a New York newspaper. He was married to Norris Church Mailer.