James M. McPherson

James M. McPherson

male, 73 years old
NorthDakotawriter, From North Dakota, Johns Hopkins University alumni, Princeton University, American Historical Association, Doctor of Philosophy
James M. McPherson is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton...
Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour

male, deceased (1988)
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, novelist, Autodidact, Louis Dearborn LaMoore, French-Canadian, California writer…Western writer, NorthDakotawriter, writer
Louis L'Amour (March 22, 1908 - June 10, 1988) was an American author of primarily Western fiction. He was born Louis Dearborn LaMoore of...
Era Bell Thompson

Era Bell Thompson

female, deceased (1986)
University of North Dakota, African American, journalist, Roughrider Award recipient, American, ebony…NorthDakotawriter, University of North Dakota alumni, From Grand Forks, North Dakota
Era Bell Thompson (10 August 1905-30 December 1986) was a graduate of the University of North Dakota (UND) and an editor of "Ebony" magazine. She...
Larry Woiwode

Larry Woiwode

male, 68 years old
University of North Dakota, Jamestown College, From North Dakota, The Paris Review, National Book Award, What I'm Going to Do, I Think…NorthDakotawriter, North Dakota Catholic Conference
Larry Alfred Woiwode (born October 30, 1941) is a distinguished American writer who lives in North Dakota, where he has been the state's Poet...
Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

male, deceased (1959)
James Maxwell Anderson, death by stroke, From North Dakota, NorthDakotawriter, University of North Dakota alumni, From Grand Forks, North Dakota
James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 - 28 February 1959), better known as Maxwell Anderson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author,...
Eric Sevareid

Eric Sevareid

male, deceased (1992)
Murrow's Boys, Arnold Eric Sevareid, University of Minnesota, journalist, Peabody Award winner, broadcast news analyst…From North Dakota, NorthDakotawriter, writer, born in Velva, North Dakota
Arnold Eric Sevareid (November 26, 1912 - July 9, 1992) was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war...
Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman

male, 37 years old (Fargo, North Dakota, United States)
spin, Humorist, NCAA, Super Bowl XL, final four, the believer…NorthDakotawriter, University of North Dakota alumni, From North Dakota, Non-fiction writer, University of North Dakota
My take on Klosterman is this: if you absolutely must get a pop culture fix by reading about inane movie stars or overrated bands, you might as...
William H. Gass

William H. Gass

male, 85 years old
American military personnel of World War II, philosophy, Ohio writer, Kenyon College alumni, Wesleyan University alumni, from St. Louis County, Missouri…Missouri writer, NorthDakotawriter, From Fargo, North Dakota, Short story writer
William H. Gass (born July 30, 1924) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor.
Edward K. Thompson

Edward K. Thompson

male, deceased (1996)
American magazine founder, American magazine publisher, NorthDakotawriter, editor, American, Magazine founder…University of North Dakota alumni, From North Dakota, writer
Edward K. Thompson (1907 - October 1996) American writer and editor. The "Smithsonian Magazine" called him "one of the great editors of the last...

Lucy Johnston Sypher

female, deceased (1990)
from Massachusetts, children's writer, American, prairie, NorthDakotawriter, University of North Dakota alumni…From North Dakota
Lucy Johnston Sypher, (August 6, 1907) - (December 1990), was the author of four children's books loosely based on her childhood in the small...