David Foster Wallace
(1962-2008) Writer. David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York and died in Claremont, California.
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Richard Wade
(Died 2008) Historian. Richard Wade lived on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Edward Whittemore
(1933-1995) Novelist. Edward Whittemore was a resident of Manhattan, New York.
William W Warner
(1920-2008) Writer. William W. Warner was born in and grew up in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of four nonfiction books.
Jean Webster
(1876-1916) Novelist. Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was born in Fredonia, New York and died in New York, New York.
James Welch
(1940-2003) Novelist. James Welch was a visiting professor in the department of English at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in the springs of 1985 and 1990.
Manly Wade Wellman
(1903-1986) Novelist. Manly Wade Wellman earned a bachelor of laws degree from Columbia University, in New York, New York.
Charles Ray Willeford III
(1919-1988) Novelist. Charles Willeford lived at the King Edward Hotel near Times Square, in Manhattan, New York, for about a month in 1949.
Theodore Winthrop
(1828-1861) Novelist. Theodore Winthrop lived in the NYU University Building in Manhattan, New York.
Samuel Woodworth
(1785-1842) Novelist, playwright, poet. Samuel Woodworth was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and died in New York City. He was editor of the New York Mirror from 1823 to 1824.