Earl Shorris
(1936-2012) Author, critic. Earl Shorris was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in New York. He was the author of about a dozen books.
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James Andrew Stern
(1904-1993) Writer. James Stern was born in County Meath, Ireland. He and his wife moved to New York in 1939. During the 1950s he wrote many book reviews for the New York Times and the New Republic.
Maurice Bernard Sendak
(1928-2012) Author. Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was known as a children’s book artist and writer.
Fletcher Steele
(1885-1971) Writer. Fletcher Steele was born and died in Rochester, New York. He authored around one hundred articles and two books.
Bert Sugar
(1936-2012) Writer. Bert Sugar was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Kisco, New York.
Joe Simon
(1913-2011) Writer. Joseph Henry Simon was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He is credited along with Jack Kirby with creating the character, Captain America.
Ruth Stone
(1915-2011) Poet. Ruth Stone was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and died in Ripton, Vermont.
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
(1940-2011) Novelist. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Gil Scott-Heron
(1949-2011) Poet. Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Albert M Sack
(1915-2011) Author. Albert M. Sack was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Durham, North Carolina. He was a prominent antiques dealer in Manhattan, New York.