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Robert Sheckley

(1928-2005) Novelist, science fiction writer. Robert Sheckley was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Robert B Sherman

(1925-2012) Songwriter. Robert B. Sherman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in London, England. He and his brother, Richard M. Sherman, were a songwriting team who wrote songs for many musical films including “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “The Jungle Book,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” “The Sword in the Stone,” “The Aristocats,” and … Continued

Irving Shulman

(1913-1995) Novelist, screenwriter. Irving Shulman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Sherman Oaks, California.

Wirt Sikes

(1836-1883) Journalist, writer. Wirt Sikes was born in Watertown, New York, and died at Cardiff, Wales.

Jo Sinclair

(1913-1995) Novelist, memoirist. Jo Sinclair was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Martin J Scott

(1865-1954) Author. Martin J. Scott was a priest at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.

Cynthia Propper Seton

(1926-1982) Novelist, essayist. Cynthia Propper Seton was born in New York City and died in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of the Fieldston School in New York City.

George Steiner

(1929-2020) Literary critic, essayist, fiction writer. George Steiner was born near Paris, France, and died in Cambridge, England.