Arkin, Alan (New York City)
The foul-mouthed grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine
Famous Writers from New York
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Avi (New York City)
The author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle -
Baldwin, James (New York City)
Author of Go Tell It On The Mountain -
Barry, Dave (Armonk)
Goofy humor columnist for The Miami Herald, 1983-2005 -
Baumbach, Noah (Brooklyn)
The director of 'The Squid and the Whale and 'Marriage Story' -
Bloom, Harold
The literary critic who wrote 1973’s The Anxiety of Influence -
Bogdanovich, Peter (Kingston)
Director of The Last Picture Show -
Clark, Mary Higgins (New York City)
The author of Where Are the Children? and other suspense stories -
Cook, Robin (New York City)
The author of Coma -
Delany, Samuel R. (New York City)
Author of Dhalgren and Babel-17 -
DeLillo, Don (New York City)
The author of White Noise and Underworld -
Doctorow, E.L. (The Bronx)
The author of the 1975 novel Ragtime -
Ephron, Nora (New York City)
The writer and director of Sleepless In Seattle -
Espada, Martín (Brooklyn)
The Latino poet who wrote "Alabanza" and "Floaters" -
Fadiman, Anne (New York City)
Author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down -
Fadiman, Clifton (Brooklyn)
Host of the radio quiz show Information Please -
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (New York City)
Beat poet/publisher and co-founder of City Lights Books -
Fort, Charles (Albany)
Researcher and reporter of anomalous phenomena -
Glück, Louise (New York City)
The Nobel Prize winning poet who wrote “Mock Orange” -
Haley, Alex (Ithaca)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Roots -
Hecht, Ben (New York City)
The prolific Hollywood screenwriter who did The Front Page -
Heller, Joseph (Brooklyn)
The author of Catch-22 -
Henry, Buck (New York City)
The screenwriter of 'The Graduate' -
Hijuelos, Oscar (New York City)
The author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love -
Howe, Julia Ward (New York City)
The abolitionist who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic -
Irving, Clifford (New York City)
Author of the fake Howard Hughes biography -
Irving, Washington (New York City)
Author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" -
James, Henry (New York City)
Author of The Ambassadors -
Kauffmann, Stanley (New York City)
The film reviewer for The New Republic, 1958-2013 -
Kennedy, Caroline (New York City)
The oldest child of John and Jackie Kennedy -
Keyes, Daniel (Brooklyn)
The author of Flowers for Algernon -
Konigsburg, E.L. (Manhattan)
The author of The View From Saturday -
Lazarus, Emma (New York City)
Author of the poem on the Statue of Liberty -
Lee, Stan (New York City)
The leader of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man -
Lehman, Ernest (New York City)
The guy who wrote Hitchcock's North by Northwest -
L'Engle, Madeleine (New York City)
The author of A Wrinkle in Time -
Lethem, Jonathan (Brooklyn)
Author of The Fortress of Solitude -
Lonergan, Kenneth (New York City)
The director of 'You Can Count on Me' -
Luce, Clare Boothe (New York City)
Socialite, playwright, ambassador and wife of publisher Henry Luce -
Matthiessen, Peter (New York City)
The author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord -
Melville, Herman (New York City)
The author of Moby-Dick -
Merwin, W. S. (New York City)
The author of the collection The Carrier of Ladders -
Miller, Arthur (New York City)
The author of Death of a Salesman -
Miller, Henry (New York City)
Author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn -
Nash, Ogden (Rye)
Author of the funny poem "The Lama" -
Oates, Joyce Carol (Lockport)
The author of Bellefleur and Them -
O'Donoghue, Michael (Utica)
Writer / performer on Saturday Night Live -
O'Neill, Eugene (New York City)
The author of the play Long Day's Journey Into Night -
Paglia, Camille (Endicott)
The professor-author of 1990’s Sexual Personae -
Patterson, James (Newburgh)
The author of all those Alex Cross mysteries -
Paul, Caroline (New York City)
Author of Fighting Fire -
Perelman, S.J. (Brooklyn)
Humorist for The New Yorker and Marx Bros. writer -
Pohl, Frederik (Brooklyn)
The sci-fi author of The Space Merchants and Gateway -
Pynchon, Thomas (Glen Cove)
Reclusive author of Gravity's Rainbow -
Reiner, Carl (New York City)
Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Robbins, Harold (New York City)
The author of The Betsy -
Safire, William (New York City)
Political columnist for The New York Times, 1973-2005 -
Salinger, J.D. (New York City)
The author of The Catcher In the Rye -
Sendak, Maurice (Brooklyn)
The illustrator who created Where the Wild Things Are -
Sherwood, Robert E. (New Rochelle)
The playwright who wrote the movie The Best Years of Our Lives -
Simon, Neil (The Bronx)
The Broadway legend who wrote The Odd Couple -
Steel, Danielle (New York City)
Author of the romance novels Jewels and Crossings -
Sturgeon, Theodore (Staten Island)
The science fiction author of 'More Than Human' -
Vidal, Gore (West Point)
The smart and sassy author of Burr and Myra Breckinridge -
Wallace, David Foster (Ithaca)
The author of the novel Infinite Jest -
West, Mae (Brooklyn)
Early Hollywood sex symbol -
Wharton, Edith (New York City)
Author of Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence -
Whitehead, Colson (New York City)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Underground Railroad' -
Whitman, Walt (Long Island)
The poet who wrote Leaves of Grass -
Wilson, Robert Anton (Brooklyn)
Co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy