Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

male, deceased (1994)
Tuskegee University alumni, African-American, New York writer, music critic, Essayist, invisible man…writer, From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahomawriter
Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913 - April 16, 1994) was a scholar and writer. He was born Ralph Waldo Ellison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, named by his...
Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman

male, 84 years old (Stillwater, United States)
American military personnel of World War II, From New Mexico, American Southwest, Four Corners, Southwestern United States, 103rd Infantry Division…from Oklahoma, New Mexico writer, Mystery Writer of America, Oklahomawriter, mystery writer
Tony Hillerman (born May 27 1925) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works. His mystery novels are set in the...
Joe Haldeman

Joe Haldeman

male, 66 years old
Robot Jox, Worldcon Guest of Honor, Joe (not Joseph) William Haldeman, American military, Star Trek author, Oklahomawriter…science fiction writer, From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Joe (not Joseph) William Haldeman is an American science fiction author. Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family traveled and he...
S. E. Hinton

S. E. Hinton

female, 61 years old
University of Tulsa alumni, Susan Eloise Hinton, young adult novel, Oklahomawriter, young adults, From Tulsa, Oklahoma…children's writer
Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American author of novels for young adults.
Rilla Askew

Rilla Askew

female, 58 years old
University of Oklahoma faculty, University of Oklahoma, Master of Fine Arts, American Book Award, Oklahomawriter, Catskill Mountains…University Of Central Oklahoma, Short story writer
Rilla Askew (born 1951) is an American novelist and short story writer born in the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, where her family...
Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner

male, 95 years old
Mathematical Games, recreational mathematics, Cellular automatists, mathematical game, Oklahomawriter, From Tulsa, Oklahoma…New York writer, Science writer
Martin Gardner (b. October 21, 1914, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a popular American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational...
Skip Bayless

Skip Bayless

male, 2 years old
ESPN personality, 1st and 10, Cold Pizza, sportswriter, ESPN First Take, Page 2…Oklahomawriter, From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II (August 27,1951), is a nationally syndicated sportswriter. He can be seen on ESPN2's morning sportstalk...
C. J. Cherryh

C. J. Cherryh

female, 67 years old
Cyteen, science fiction writer, science fiction, Hugo Award, Worldcon Guest of Honor, Missouri writer…Oklahomawriter, from Oklahoma, fantasy writer, Short story writer, Washington writer
Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pseudonym C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author....

Carolyn Hart

female
University of Oklahoma, from Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma alumni, Letter from Home, Carolyn Gimpel Hart, Oklahoma State University–Tulsa…Oklahomawriter, oklahoma city, mystery writer
Carolyn Gimpel Hart (born Carolyn Gimpel in Oklahoma) is a mystery writer who has won two Agatha Awards. She began as a journalist writing under...
John Berryman

John Berryman

male, deceased (1972)
poet, Columbia University alumni, suicide, American, yeats, confessional…Oklahomawriter
John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the...