Daniel Carter Beard
(1850-1941) Author. Daniel Carter Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Suffern, New York. He wrote articles for St. Nicholas Magazine and attended art school in New York City.
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Mel Bartholomew
(1931-2015) Author. Mel Bartholomew was born in Kingston, New York, and died in San Diego, California.
John Gagnon
(1931-2016) Author. John Gagnon was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and died in Palm Springs, California. He taught sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Jim Harrison
(1937-2016) Poet, novelist, essayist. Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, and died in Patagonia, Arizona. He taught briefly at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the mid 1960s.
Steven B. Sample
(1940-2016) Author. Steven B. Sample was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was president of the State University of New York at Buffalo for nine years.
Rosario Ferre
(1938-2015) Novelist, poet, essayist, children’s book author. Rosario Ferre was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was a graduate of Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She wrote novels in both Spanish and English.
Woody Hochswender
(1951-2015) Author. Woody Hochswender was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Sea Cliff, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He had been a reporter covering the fashion industry for The New York Times.
Richard G. Hendrickson
(1912-2016) Author. Richard G. Hendrickson was born in and lived his life in Bridgehampton, New York.
David G. Hartwell
(1941-2016) Editor, writer. David G. Hartwell was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and died in Plattsburgh, New York. He had lived in Westport, New York.
Joan Rivers
(1933-2014) Author. Joan Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.