John Mack Carter
(1928-2014) Editor. John Mack Carter was born in Murray, Kentucky, and died in Bronxville, New York. He had been editor of McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Good Housekeeping.
Type: NY State
Mary Lea Bandy
(1943-2014) Author. Mary Lea Bandy was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in White Plains, New York.
Thomas Berger
(1924-2014) Author. Thomas Berger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Nyack, New York. He authored more than twenty novels.
Lillian D Wald
(1867-1940) Author. Lillian D. Wald was born in Cincinatti, Ohio, and died in Westport, Connecticut. She lived in Rochester and New York City and authored two books.
Jay Maeder
(1947-2014) Writer. Jay Maeder was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Houston, Texas. He wrote for for The Daily News and The Miami Herald. He was the last writer of the comic strip “Annie.”
Louis Zamperini
(1917-2014) Author. Louis Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, on January 26, 1917. He wrote two memoirs, both titled “Devil At My Heels.”
Stephen Gaskin
(1935-2014) Author. Stephen Gaskin was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Summertown, Tennessee.
Jake Swamp
(1941-2010) Author. Jake Swamp was born at Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Territory, and died at Massena, New York.
Shirley Walton Fischler
(1940-2014) Writer. Shirley Walton Fischler was born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and died in Manhattan, New York. Her husband was Stan Fischler, a sportswriter, with whom she wrote many books. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University and then worked at New York University.
Karen DeCrow
(1937-2014) Writer. Karen DeCrow was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Jamesville, New York. In addition to her books, Ms. DeCrow wrote for many years for The Syracuse Post-Standard.