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Lionel White

(1905-1985) Journalist, novelist. Lionel White was born in New York City and died in Asheville, North Carolina.

George Whitmore

(1945-1989) Playwright, novelist, poet. George Whitmore was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Manhattan, New York.

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.

Ira Wolfert

(1908-1997) Fiction, nonfiction writer. Ira Wolfert was born in New York City and died in Margaretville, New York. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1943 for his series of articles on the battle of the Solomon Islands.

P. J. Wolfson

(1903-1979) Writer, screenwriter. P. J. Wolfson was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Victor Wolfson

(1909-1990) Playwright, writer, novelist. Victor Wolfson wrote Broadway plays. He died in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.