(1943-2006) Novelist, war correspondent. Nicholas Proffitt was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1943. He was a West Point cadet, but dropped out after one semester. He was a war correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek, and wrote three novels. He died in Naples, Florida in 2006.
(1894-1969) Journalist, writer. Westbrook Pegler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in 1969 and is interred in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.
(1928-2005) Poet. Donald A. Petersen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1928 and died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 2005. He taught at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, New York for 38 years, retiring as professor of English in 1993.
Larnette Phillips has been self-employed as a full-time author and novelist since 1991. She is also a screenwriter and the owner of her own entertainment company. Larnette has published the novel ‘Seasons’ (love story/romance; published in print and audio); ‘Faces–The Sacred Journey’ (spiritual; print); ‘Sully and Me’ (print) – ‘Sully and Me’ was the winner … Continued
Shirley Powell was born in Ohio and moved to New York City in 1971, during the Women’s Movement. She coordinated a feminist reading group at New York University in the early 70’s and compiled an anthology of their poetry: Womansong, published by The Poet’s Press. After her novel Running Wild was published by Avon Books … Continued
Marty Podskoch is a retired teacher and the author of three fire tower books: Fire Towers of the Catskills: Their History and Lore, Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, the Southern Districts, and Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, the Northern Districts and Adirondack Stories. Marty also writes a weekly newspaper column, “Adirondack … Continued
An NEA literature grant recipient for his short fiction, Pelton has been a fixture on the Buffalo, New York, literary scene for over a decade, where his readings — funny, scandalous, and always entertaining — are the stuff of local legend. His stories have appeared in Fiction International, Gulf Coast, New Delta Review, and numerous … Continued
Doug Paugh was born in Binghamton, NY, where he now lives with his wife, Karen and their Siberian Husky, Breaker. He served in the US Navy from 1978 to 1985, working as an SH-3H Helicopter Plane Captain and mechanic on Ground Support Equipment until 1987. He also worked for more than 30 years in the … Continued
(1873-1960) Writer, etiquette expert. Emily Post was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Manhattan, New York. She lived on Staten Island and wrote “Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage” (1922).
(1891-1964) Lyricist, librettist. “Anything Goes” (1934), lived in Manhattan.