Joel Kurtzman
(1947-2016) Author. Joel Kurtzman was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Concord, Massachusetts. He worked for the United Nations in Manhattan, New York.
Type: NY City
William Hamilton
(1939-2016) Cartoonist, novelist, playwright. William Hamilton was born in Palo Alto, California, and died in Lexington, Kentucky. He worked for The New Yorker for more than fifty years.
Duane R. Clarridge
(1932-2016) Author. Duane R. Clarridge was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, and died in Leesburg, Virginia. He received a degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of International Affairs.
William Hamilton Osborne
(1873-1942) Author. William Hamilton Osborne was born in and died in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University Law School and from the New York Law School.
Maurice Kenny
(1929-2016) Poet. Maurice Kenny was born in Watertown, New York, and died in Saranac Lake, New York. He wrote over thirty volumes of poetry, prose, fiction, and drama. He was also a publisher, editor, and teacher. In 2014, he was enshrined in the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
James Cross Giblin
(1933-2016) Author. James Cross Giblin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was an award-winning writer of nonfiction for children.
Ernest Poole
(1880-1950) Novelist. Ernest Poole was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York. His most famous book was the novel, “The Harbor.”
Geoffrey H. Hartman
(1929-2016) Critic, writer. Geoffrey H. Hartman was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and died in Hamden, Connecticut. He was a graduate of Queens College.
Leon H. Charney
(1938-2016) Author. Leon H. Charney was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Earl Hamner Jr.
(1923-2016) Novelist. Earl Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia, and died in Los Angeles, California. He lived and worked in New York in the 1950s. He was the creator of the television series “The Waltons.”