(1894-1964) Playwright, journalist, novelist. Ben Hecht was born in New York City. After studying at the University of Wisconsin he moved to Chicago where he became a journalist, became friends with other aspiring Chicago writers such as Floyd Dell, Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, and Carl Sandburg. He worked for the Chicago Daily news. He lived … Continued
Writer. “The Front Page” (with BEN HECHT), lived in Nyack.
(1918-1996) Writer, editor, publisher. Harry Bloom lived in Oneonta, New York, and was a professor at SUNY Oneonta for a number of years where there is now offered a writing prize in his memory.
Writer. “The Trial of Helen McLeod,” lived on South Boulevard, Nyack, for 30 years (and died at her home).
Daughter of James Fenimore Cooper. Wrote “Rural Hours,” “Country Rambles,” “Country Life,” “Mount Vernon” and “The Children of America” among others.
(1902-1968) Novelist, playwright. John Steinbeck lived at Sneden’s Landing near Palisades, New York, in 1942, and in Sag Harbor, New York, during the summers of the 1950s until his death in 1968; Southampton College has set up a place for writers in his memory. He also lived at 175 East 78th Street in Manhattan, New … Continued
(1886-1975) Novelist. Rex Stout lived at High Meadows Estate, Brewster, New York. He was the creator of the detective Nero Wolfe.
(1930-1986) Poet. Works: “Green in the Body “(1979), “Flogging the Czar” (1983). He had a home in Putnam Valley. He also lived at 110 Riverside Drive in Manhattan.
(1838-1888) Fiction writer. Edward Payson Roe was born in Moodna, New York and died in Cornwall. He was also a pastor in Highland Falls, New York, approximately a mile from West Point. There his addresses on topics of the Civil War gained for him some notice as a speaker. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, … Continued
(1752-1783) Writer, poet. Ann Eliza Bleecker was one of America’s first female novelists, writers of fiction, and also a poet. She married John J. Bleecker in 1769 and moved to Tomhannock, near Albany, New York, but her family was displaced by John Burgoyne’s approaching army. After enduring great horrors and distresses, they made their escape … Continued