Tom Heggen
Writer. “Mr. Roberts”
Writer. “Mr. Roberts”
(1905-1984) Playwright, writer. “The Children’s Hour” (1934), “Days to Come” (1936), “The Little Foxes” (1939), “Toys In The Attic” (1960), and others. Lived in Manhattan.
(1914-1993) Novelist. John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China in 1914 and died in Key West, Florida in 1993.
Writer, biographer. “The Life of Andrew Jackson, Complete in One Volume”
Writer, jurist. “The Federalist Papers”
(1909-2003) Writer, screenwriter. Elia Kazan was born in Constantinople, Turkey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved to Manhattan from Istanbul in 1913 and attended schools in Manhattan, where he lived and died.
(1886-1918) Poet. Joyce Kilmer lived in Larchmont, New York, and was educated at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.
(1851-1926) Writer, editor. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop lived in Manhattan, New York, and died in Hawthorne, New York. She was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s daughter and was married to George Parsons Lathrop. Following her husband’s death, she became a nun and was known as Mother Mary Alphonsa.
(1905-1971) Novelist. Manfred Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote under the pseudonym, Ellery Queen, with his cousin Frederic Dannay. Mr. Lee lived in Mount Vernon, New York.