Jason Shinder
(1955-2008) Poet. Jason Shinder was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of two volumes of poetry and editor of many anthologies. He was founder of the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program.
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Grace Zaring Stone
(1891-1991) Novelist. Grace Zaring Stone was born in Manhattan, New York in 1891. She also used the pseudonym Ethel Vance.
Ronald Sukenick
(1932-2004) Novelist. Ronald Sukenick was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Cid Ricketts Sumner
(1890-1970) Novelist. Cid Ricketts Sumner received an M.A. from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York in 1910 and continued her postgraduate work there until 1914. She attended a year of medical school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York beginning in 1914.
Jacqueline Susann
(c.1920-1974) Novelist. Jacqueline Susann moved to New York City following her high school graduation and worked there as an actress before becoming a writer.
Gilbert Sorrentino
(1929-2006) Novelist, poet. Gilbert Sorrentino was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Terry Southern
(1924-1995) Novelist, screenwriter. Terry Southern was born in Alvalrado, Texas, and died in New York, New York. He lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, from 1953 to 1956.
George R Stewart
(1895-1980) Novelist. George R. Stewart received his Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York in 1922.
Lawrence Sanders
(1920-1998) Novelist. Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Mari Susette Sandoz
(1896-1966) Novelist. Mari Sandoz moved to New York in 1943 and died there in 1966.