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Eliot Asinof

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(1919-2008) Writer. Eliot Asinof was best known for his book, “Eight Men Out,” a nonfiction narrative of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

Margaret Leech

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(1893-1974) Author, historian. Margaret Leech (aka Margaret Pulitzer) was born in Newburgh, New York, and died in New York City. She was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in history, and a associate of many of the members of the Algonquin Hotel Round Table.

Fulton Oursler

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(1893-1952) Writer. Fulton Oursler was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in New York City. His books were mainly on Christian themes.

Mary Ritter Beard

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(1876-1958) Historian. Mary Ritter Beard was the wife of Charles Austin Beard. She was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

Alma Routsong

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(1924-1996) Novelist. Alma Routsong was born in Traverse City, Michigan and died in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1996.

Jason Shinder

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(1955-2008) Poet. Jason Shinder was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of two volumes of poetry and editor of many anthologies. He was founder of the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program.

R R Knudson

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(1932-2008) Writer. R. R. Knudson taught English at Adelphi University and York College of the City University of New York. Her stories were about women in sports.

Jean Webster

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(1876-1916) Novelist. Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was born in Fredonia, New York and died in New York, New York.

James Welch

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(1940-2003) Novelist. James Welch was a visiting professor in the department of English at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in the springs of 1985 and 1990.