Daphne Kalotay
Born and raised in New Jersey, Daphne Kalotay is a graduate of Vassar College and of Boston University, where she received an MA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in literature. Her short stories have appeared in various literary journals and ... [... more]
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James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was the great professional American author. He was born on Septenber 15, 1789, in Burlington, New Jersey, and grew up in the frontier village of Cooperstown, New Yorrk, in the heart of the wilderness he was to immortalize in ... [... more]
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Jayson Williams
Jayson Williams, formerly the All-Star center of the New Jersey Nets, was a ten-year veteran of the NBA and a graduate of St. John?s University. He is a recipient of the NAACP Trailblazer Award for community service, and sponsors the Jayson ... [... more]
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Marcie Walsh
Suspenseful, romantic, and filled with humor, The Killing Club is a mystery "written" by popular One Life to Live character Marcie Walsh with award-winning writer Michael Malone. Over a decade ago in the small town of Gloria, New Jersey, feisty, [... more]
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Tom Kelly from HarperCollins Publishers
Tom Kelly was born in New Jersey, spent his childhood in Belfast, Ireland, and now lives in England with his family. This is his first novel. [... more]
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Mort Zachter
Mort Zachter is currently working on a book about baseball legend Gil Hodges. Before he became a full-time writer, he had careers in law and accounting. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. [... more]
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Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This ... [... more]
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W.S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca. He has since lived in many parts of the world, most ... [... more]
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Ann Rinaldi
Ann Rinaldi is the popular author of the acclaimed historical novel The Last Silk Dress (Laurel-Leaf). Sixteen-year-old Jem struggles to maintain the status quo at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for ... [... more]
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Barbara Park
I grew up in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. It was a small town surrounded by farmland . . . the kind of town where you greet people by name on Main Street. It was only an hour's drive to the ocean. So every summer we spent family vacations on Long Beach ... [... more]
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Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was born, in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. Raised in a strict Methodist household, he rebelled Openly, developing a strong and lasting attraction to the vices his parents had condemned. He attempted college twice, the second time ... [... more]
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John Douillard
JOHN DOUILLARD is a former professional athlete and the author of Body, Mind and Sport. Currently he is a consultant to the New Jersey Nets and cohosts a top-rated radio talk show in Colorado, Health Time. He received a Ph.D. from the Open ... [... more]
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