Helen Ruggieri taught in the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, Pennsylvania. She has an MFA from Penn State and studied at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, with William Stafford. After spending a semester in Japan at Yokohama College, she became interested in Japanese verse forms – … Continued
(1918-1980) Novelist. George P. Elliott was born in Knightstown, Indiana and died in New York City. Elliott taught at several colleges including Cornell University, the University of Iowa, The University of California at Berkeley, Barnard College, and Syracuse University. He wrote four novels and several collections of shorts stories, poems, and essays.
(1929-1992) Novelist. Frederick Exley was born in Watertown, New York.
(1901-1984) Novelist. George Harmon Coxe worked for newspapers and in advertising. He was the author of over 60 novels.
(1925-1993) Novelist. Crichton served in the infantry during World War II, and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.
(1935-2007) Writer, reporter. Edwin McDowell was a reporter for The New York Times for 26 years. He served in the Marine Corps and graduated from Temple University. McDowell also worked for The Arizona Republic and The Wall Street Journal.
(1913-1996) Writer. Eleanor Clark attended Vassar College in the 1930s.
(1930-1999) Novelist. Marion Zimmer Bradley was a science fiction writer, and the author of the Darkover science fiction series that began with “The Sword of Aldones” in 1962.
Born in Troy, New York, William B. Patrick has worked in many genres, including poetry, fiction, stage plays, screenplays, and non-fiction. His most recent book, We Didn’t Come Here For This (BOA Editions, 1999), is a memoir in poetry. BOA published his last book of poetry, These Upraised Hands, in 1995. Roxa: Voices of the … Continued
(1922-2007) Writer. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was the author of many satirical novels. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New YOrk, and later, lived in Schenectady, New York.