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Ray Bremser

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(1934-1998) Poet. Ray Bremser moved to Rosendale, New York in 1974. He was a member of the Beat Generatiion.

Walter Brooks

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Writer. “Freddy the Pig” Writer of children’s stories. “Ed Signs the Pledge” became the famous Mr. Ed TV series. Brooks attended college at the University of Rochester. Studied homeopathic medicine in New York City. Was employed by an advertising agency in Utica in 1909.

Christopher Morley

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(1890-1957) Writer, novelist, head of the Book of the Month Club. He wrote 18 fiction titles, including “Parnassus on Wheels” and 16 poetry titles. “Kitty Folye” 1939,”Where the Blue Begins” 1922. His writing studio is preserved in the Christopher Morley County Park, in Roslyn, New York. He is buried in Roslyn Cemetery in Greenvale, New … Continued

Ellery Queen

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Ellery Queen was the pseudonym used by cousins Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay. Dannay lived in Nassau County, New York. Manfred Lee lived in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York.

William Saroyan

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(1908-1981) Novelist, playwright. William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California. He lived in Mill Neck, New York for six months, and stayed at the McBurney YMCA, 215 West 23rd Street in Manhattan, New York when he first moved to New York in the 1920s. In 1991 the United States Postal Service issued its nineth stamp … Continued

Edward Everett Tanner III

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Writer. Published under the pseudonyms Patrick Dennis and Virginia Rowans “Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade in Biography,”1955. He lived in an old school house in Smithtown,Bethpage. Auntie Mame made Tanner a millionaire ,he became the first author to have three books on the Times list at once, when he published “Guestward Ho!” and “The Loving … Continued

John Hall Wheelock

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(1886-1978) Poet, editor. John Hall Wheelock was born in Rockaway, New York, lived in East Hampton, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.