(1938-2019) Educator, poet, author, anthologist. Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and died in Cape Coral, Florida. He wrote poetry for children and edited many poetry anthologies. He either wrote or edited more than 100 books.
(1890-1957) Novelist, screenwriter. Samuel Ornitz was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
(1929-2019) Novelist, short story writer. Paule Marshall was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Richmond, Virginia.
(1940-2019) Screenwriter. Peter Fonda was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
(1899-1957) Novelist, short story writer. Ursula Parrott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in New York City.
(1939-2019) Historian, author. Myrna Katz Frommer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Lyme, New Hampshire. She was married to the historian and author Harvey Frommer.
(1942-2019) Author. Martin Weitzman was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(1949-2019) Editor, publisher, author. James Atlas was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1951-2019) Novelist. Dorothea Benton Frank was born on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1960-2019) Author. Isabel Toledo was born in Camajuani, Cuba, and died in Manhattan, New York. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Parsons School of Design, and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York.