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Novelists from New Jersey
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The list Novelists from New Jersey includes
Whoopi Goldberg, Ethan Hawke, Janis Ian, Janet Evanovich and George R.R. Martin.
The list consists of 289 members.
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New Jersey
state of the United States of America
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Whoopi Goldberg
American actor, comedian, and television personality (born 1955)
Overview: Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one ...Date of birth: 13 November 1955Age: 69Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 5" (165 cm)
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Ethan Hawke
American actor and film director (born 1970)
Overview: Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer, musician, and director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three ...Date of birth: 6 November 1970Age: 54Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm)Partner: Ryan Hawke (Married) 0
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Anthony Bourdain
Chef and food writer
Overview: Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American chef, book author, journalist, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture ...Date of birth: 25 June 1956Date of death: 8 June 2018Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ChefGender: MaleHeight: 6' 4" (193 cm) 0
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Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Overview: Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child (Baby ...Date of birth: 7 April 1951Age: 73Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MusicianGender: FemalePartner: Patricia Snyder (Married) 0
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Jack Dunphy
American writer
Overview: John Paul Dunphy (August 22, 1914 – April 26, 1992) was an American novelist and playwright, and partner of American author Truman Capote.Date of birth: 22 August 1914Date of death: 26 April 1992Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Janet Evanovich
Novelist
Overview: Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series ... 0
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George R.R. Martin
American writer and TV producer (born 1948)
Overview: George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as ...Date of birth: 20 September 1948Age: 76Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AuthorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 6" (168 cm)Partner: Parris McBride (Married) 0
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Toni Morrison
American novelist
Overview: Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first ...Date of birth: 18 February 1931Date of death: 5 August 2019Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Philip Roth
American novelist (1933–2018)
Overview: Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer.Date of birth: 19 March 1933Date of death: 22 May 2018Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: NovelistGender: Male 0
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Jhumpa Lahiri
American author
Overview: Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian.Date of birth: 11 July 1967Age: 57Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: FemalePartner: Alberto Vourvoulias (Married) 0
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Gene Roddenberry
American screenwriter and producer (1921–1991)
Overview: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series, its sequel spin-off series Star Trek: ...Date of birth: 19 August 1921Date of death: 24 October 1991Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Film/TV ProducerGender: MaleHeight: 6' 1" (185 cm) 0
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Norman Mailer
American writer (1923–2007)
Overview: Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 bes ...Date of birth: 31 January 1923Date of death: 10 November 2007Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AuthorGender: Male 0
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Glenway Wescott
American poet, novelist and essayist
Overview: Glenway Wescott (April 11, 1901 – February 22, 1987) was an American poet, novelist and essayist. A figure of the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s, Wescott was openly gay ...Date of birth: 11 April 1901Date of death: 22 February 1987Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
Overview: Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views ...Date of birth: 31 May 1819Date of death: 26 March 1892Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Mrs. Vincent Astor
American philanthropist, socialite, and writer (1902–2007)
Overview: Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established ...Date of birth: 30 March 1902Date of death: 13 August 2007Age: 105 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: SocialiteGender: Female 0
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Junot Diaz
American writer of Dominican Republic descent
Overview: Junot Díaz (born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and fiction editor at Boston Review. He also serves on ... 0
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Robert Brown
American actor (1926–2022)
Overview: Robert Brown (born Robin Adair MacKenzie Brown; November 17, 1926 – September 19, 2022) was an American television actor who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s.Date of birth: 17 November 1926Date of death: 19 September 2022Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6' 2" (188 cm) 0
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Judy Blume
American writer of children, young adult and adult works (born 1938)
Overview: Judith Blume (née Sussman; February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult (YA) and adult fiction. Some of her best known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales ...Date of birth: 12 February 1938Age: 87Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: FemalePartner: George Cooper (writer) (Married) 0
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Paul Auster
American, Screenwriter
Overview: Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer and film director. His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance ...Date of birth: 3 February 1947Date of death: 30 April 2024Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ScreenwriterGender: Male 0
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Mickey Spillane
American writer
Overview: Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer ...Date of birth: 9 March 1918Date of death: 17 July 2006Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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