Forceythe Willson
(1837-1867) Poet. Forceythe Willson was born in Little Genesee, New York, and died in Alfred, New York.
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John Allan Wyeth
(1894-1981) Poet. John Allan Wyeth was born in New York City and died in Skillman, New Jersey.
Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff
(1888-1959) Poet. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff was born in Manhattan.
Thomas Walsh
(1875-1928) Poet, literary critic, translator. Thomas Walsh was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Charles Henry Webb
(1834-1905) Poet, author, journalist. Charles Henry Webb was born in Rouse’s Point, New York, and died in New York.
Cheryl A. Wall
(1948-2020) Author, literary critic. Cheryl A. Wall was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Highland Park, New Jersey.
George Whitmore
(1945-1989) Playwright, novelist, poet. George Whitmore was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Thomas “Tom” Grey Wicker
(1926-2011) Journalist, novelist. Thomas Grey Wicker was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, on June 18, 1926.
Robert Ingersoll Wilder
(1901-1974) Novelist, playwright, screenwriter. Robert Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, and died in San Diego, California. He studied at Columbia University and, for a time, lived in Bayside, Queens, New York.
James Grant Wilson
(1832-1914) Novelist. James Grant Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died in New York City.