Karl Shapiro
(1913-2000) Poet. Karl Shapiro was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in New York City. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1946 to 1947.
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Walter Daniel Schneir
(1927-2009) Writer. Walter Schneir was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote about the Rosenberg espionage case.
Milan Stitt
(1941-2009) Playwright. Milan Stitt lived in Manhattan, New York, and taught at New York University.
Helen Sewell
(1896-1957) Author, illustrator. Helen Sewell was born in Mare Island, California, and died in New York City. She was a children’s book illustrator and author. She was the winner of a Caldecott Honor in 1955, and she illustrated several Newbery Honor novels.
Kate Seredy
(1899(or 96)-1975) Writer, illustrator. Kate Seredy was born in Budapest, Hungary. She lived in Montgomery, New York, authored and illustrated twelve books of her own, and illustrated many books by other authors.
Frances Clarke Sayers
(1897-1989) Writer. Frances Clarke Sayers worked for many years at the New York Public Library.
Richard Seaver
(1926-2009) Publisher, translator. Richard Seaver died in Manhattan, New York.
W D Snodgrass
(1926-2009) Poet. W. D. Snodgrass was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Erieville, New York.
Daniel Seligman
(1924-2009) Columnist, writer. Daniel Seligman was born and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote a column called “Keeping Up” in Fortune magazine for over twenty years. Mr Seligman also wrote for Forbes magazine, The American Mercury, Commonweal, and The New Leader.
Elisabeth Stevens
Born in Rome, New York, Elisabeth Stevens is the author of six books of short fiction and four volumes of poetry. Her latest book is: Long Trail Winding: New & Collected Upstate Stories. A number of her books are now being distributed by Syracuse University Press and are featured in their current catalog. A graduate … Continued