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Flannery O’Connor

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(1925-1964) Novelist. Flannery O’Connor lived for seven months at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2015 the United States Postal Service issued its 30th stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Flannery O’Connor.

Edgar Pangborn

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(1909-1976) Novelist. Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City in 1909 and graduated from the Brooklyn Friends School in 1924. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Bruce Harrison and Neil Ryder.

Walker Percy

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(1916-1990) Novelist. Walker Percy graduated from Columbia University and worked at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Percy spent time at Saranac Lake, New York recuperating from tuberculosis.

Anita Loos

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(1888-1981) Novelist. Anita Loos was born in Sisson, California in 1888 and died in New York City in 1981. She and her husband, John Emerson, lived in New York for a period of time.

Randall Jarrell

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(1914-1965) Novelist, poet. Randall Jarrell taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York from 1946 to 1947. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1956 to 1958.

Fletcher Knebel

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(1911-1993) Writer, novelist. Fletcher Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1911 and died in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1993. Knebel was known for his political novels.

Edward D. Hoch

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(1930-2008) Writer. Edward D. Hoch was the writer of over 900 mystery stories. Many of his mystery stories were published in periodicals like Argosy, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, The Saint Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.