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.
Type: NY State
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.
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.
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.
Steven Vogel
(1940-2015) Author. Steven Vogel was born in Beacon, New York, and died in Durham, North Carolina.
Robert Orville Swados
(1919-2012) Author. Robert O. Swados died in Kenmore, New York.
Stephen Birmingham
(1929-2015) Novelist. Stephen Birmingham was born in Andover, Connecticut, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Herbert Scarf
(1930-2015) Author. Herbert Scarf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.