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.
(1903-1998) Writer, novelist. Walter D. Edmonds was the author of popular historical novels about New York State.
Writer, playwright. “The Great Divide,” was educated at the Riverside Academy. The Faith Healer (1909),
(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 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.
(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
(1849-1924) Writer. Born in England, Ms. Burnett came to New York, wrote “The Secret Garden,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy” (1886), and others. The dramatization of novels without compensation to their original author had been a problem for English writers. With Little Lord Fauntleroy, Frances was the first author to win such control, which created the legal … Continued
(1878-1942) Playwright, composer, actor, lyricist, librettist. George M. Cohan wrote numerous Broadway musicals and straight plays. He had his first big Broadway hit in 1904 with the show “Little Johnny Jones,” which introduced his tunes “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “The Yankee Doodle Boy”. His shows “Forty-five Minutes from Broadway” (1905), “George Washington, Jr.” … Continued
(1905-1982) Writer, novelist. Frederic Dannay wrote under the pseudonym, Ellery Queen, with his cousin Manfred Lee. He lived in Nassau County, New York.
(1898-1981) Writer, historian. Ms. Durant wrote “The Story of Civilization” (with Will Durant). She lived in Nassau County and on Staten Island and spent her summers from 1919 to 1928 in Woodstock, New York.