Mary Jane Ward
(1905-1981) Novelist. Mary Jane Ward was born in Fairmount, Indiana, and died in Tucson, Arizona.
Type: NY City
Barbara Branden
(1929-2013) Biographer. Barbara Branden was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and died in West Hollywood, California.
Bob Grant
(1929-2013) Author. Bob Grant was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Hillsborough, New Jersey. He came to New York in 1970 and worked at radio stations WMCA, WOR, and WABC.
Joe Grant
(1908-2005) Writer, artist. Joe Grant was born in New York, New York, and died in Glendale, California. He was an artist and writer for Walt Disney. He collaborated on the scripts for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” and “Der Fuehrer’s Face.”
Halton C Arp
(1927-2013) Author. Halton C. Arp was born in New York City and died in Munich, Germany. He authored books about astronomy.
Anna E. Crouse
(1916-2013) Author. Anna E. Crouse was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She graduated from Horace Mann and attended Barnard College. She helped establish the TKTS booth in Duffy Square in Manhattan, New York.
Amiri Baraka
(1934-2014) Poet, playwright. Amiri Baraka was born in and died in Newark, New Jersey. He was also known as Everett Leroy Jones, LeRoi Jones, and Imamu Ameer Baraka.
C T Hsia
(1921-2013) Literary critic. C. T. Hsia was born in Pudong, Shanghai, Republic of China, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Herbert Mitgang
(1920-2013) Author, journalist. Herbert Mitgang was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a writer for the New York Times.
Carolyn Wells
(1862-1942) Author, poet. Carolyn Wells was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York.