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Jake Swamp

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(1941-2010) Author. Jake Swamp was born at Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Territory, and died at Massena, New York.

Thomas Berger

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(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

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(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

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(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.”

Shirley Walton Fischler

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(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

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(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.

Karen Horney

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Karen Horney (1885-1952) Psychoanalyst, author. Karen Horney was born in Blankenese, Germany, and died in Hartsdale, New York. Ms. Horney was dean of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and honorary president of the Karen Horney Foundation of New York.