John Updike

John Updike

male, 77 years old
Pennsylvaniawriter, Massachusetts writer, Literary critic, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, rabbit…American children's writer, from Reading, Pennsylvania, children's writer, Short story writer
John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series ("Rabbit,...
Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz

male, 64 years old
Leigh Nichols, Dean Ray Koontz, Pennsylvaniawriter, American, Horror writer, California writer…science fiction writer, writer, from Pennsylvania
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania), also known under a number of pseudonyms, including Leigh Nichols, is an American writer.
Lois Duncan

Lois Duncan

female, 75 years old
Duke University, child, journalism, Children's literature, New Mexico writer, University of New Mexico faculty…Pennsylvaniawriter, Florida writer, children's writer
Lois Duncan (born Lois Duncan Steinmetz, April 28, 1934) is an American writer and novelist, known primarily for her books for children and young...
Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore

female, deceased (1972)
Philadelphia writer, Bryn Mawr College alumni, modernist, Modernism, poet, writer…Modernist writer, Pennsylvaniawriter, Missouri writer
Marianne Moore was a Modernist American poet and writer.
August Wilson

August Wilson

male, deceased (2005)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Liver cancer death, American, writer, Playwright, pulitzer prize…Pennsylvaniawriter
August Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. Wilson's singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of wh...
Jack Coggins

Jack Coggins

male, deceased (2006)
painter, Yank, the Army Weekly, science fiction writer, immigrant to the United States, illustrator, Contemporary painter…Pennsylvaniawriter
Jack Banham Coggins (July 10, 1911 - January 30, 2006) was an illustrator, author, and artist, who is best known in the United States for his oil...
John Kearsley Mitchell

John Kearsley Mitchell

male, deceased (1858)
Pennsylvaniawriter, Virginia writer, from Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, professor, poet…University of Pennsylvania alumni, Science writer
John Kearsley Mitchell was an American physician and writer, born in Shepherdstown, Virginia. He graduated from the Medical College of the...

Paul Collins

male, 40 years old
Collins Library, American, The Believer magazine, national public radio, the believer, Autism…American writer, writer, Pennsylvaniawriter
Paul Collins (born 1969, Pennsylvania) is an American writer best known for his work with McSweeney's and "The Believer", as editor of the Collins...
Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden

male, 58 years old
loyola college in maryland alumni, a 2001 film, Mark Robert Bowden, Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War, Men's Journal, Maryland writer…Missouri writer, Pennsylvaniawriter, Non-fiction writer, Military writer, writer
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an accomplished American writer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 1973 graduate of Loyola College in...
Margaret Deland

Margaret Deland

female, deceased (1945)
writer, From Pittsburgh, maple grove, American, Pennsylvaniawriter, autobiography
Margaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23 1857 - January 13 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She...