Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919 - 1977)

Journalist. She was well-known for her column “Hints From Heloise” from 1962 to 1977. She helped people with everyday problems to the right out bizarre. At the time the column ran, it was in over 600 newspapers worldwide.  Family links:  Parents:  Charles Louis Bowles (1899 – 1971)  Amelia Harrison Bowles (1901 – 1973)  Spouse:  Marshal […]

E. Paul Crume (1912 - 1975)

A leading columnist with The Dallas Morning News, where his column, “Big D” received front-page space. Mr. Crume was also the author of A Texan at Bay and a compilation of his daily columns was also featured in The World of Paul Crume – edited by his wife. (bio by: Larry Chenault)

Frank Crowninshield (1872 - 1947)

Writer, Publisher, Creator and Editor of “Vanity Fair” Magazine, Art Critic and Collector, and Toastmaster of New York.  Son of Frederic Crowninshield (1845-1918) artist, instructor, and Director of The American Academy in Rome, and Helen Susette Fairbanks Crowninshield (1841-1924).  Brother of Edward A. Crowninshield (1870-1938) an authority on antiques. Descendant of Johannes Caspar Richter von […]

Marjorie C. Craig Crowley (1912 - 2003)

Author. Some of her self-help books include “Miss Craig’s Twenty-One Day Shape Up Program for Men and Women” and “Miss Craig’s Face Saving Exercises.” She also wrote “Miss Craig’s Ten Minute a Day Spot Reducing Program” and “Miss Craig’s Growing Up Exeercises.” She was Director of Exercise at Elizabeth Arden Salon, Fifth Ave, New York […]

Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)

Occultist. Widely considered the most influential figure in Western occultism, Aleister Crowley first rose to prominence in mystical circles as a member of the London-based Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an esoteric offshoot of freemasonry with many well-known members, including poet and folklorist William Butler Yeats. After a power struggle within that group, Crowley […]

Grace Noll Crowell (1877 - 1969)

Grace Noll Crowell was born in Inland Township in Cedar County, Iowa, to Adam and Sarah Noll. She was educated at the German-English college in Wilton, Iowa. Crowell first attempted writing poetry at the age of 8, but in a rare instance of non-support by her otherwise loving family, found her efforts laughed at as […]

Joseph Medicine Crow (1913 - 2016)

Native American Historian, Author, Veteran, Elder. The last surviving war chief of Montana’s Crow Tribe, Joseph Medicine Crow was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. A member of the Crow Tribe’s Whistling Water clan, Chief Joseph was raised by his Grandfather, Yellowtail to be a warrior which he did during WWII. He became a […]

Beverley Cross (1931 - 1998)

Beverley Cross (13 April 1931 – 20 March 1998) was an English playwright, librettist and screenwriter. Born in London into a theatrical family, and educated at the Nautical College Pangbourne, Cross started off by writing children’s plays in the 1950s. He achieved instant success with his first play, One More River, which dealt with a mutiny […]

Archibald Joseph “A.J.” Cronin (1896 - 1981)

Scottish physician and author. Noted during the 1930s and 1940s for his novels that attracted a huge readership and combined realism, romance, social criticism and melodrama. After being forced to give up his job as a doctor because of poor health, Cronin began writing. His many books include, “Hatter’s Castle” (1931), “The Stars Look Down” […]

Richmal Crompton (1890 - 1969)

Richmal Crompton was born in Bury, Lancashire, the second child of the Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a Classics master at Bury Grammar School and his wife Clara (née Crompton). Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also became a writer, remembered under the name John Lambourne for his fantasy novel The Kingdom That Was (1931) […]

Milos Crnjanski (1893 - 1977)

Author, Serbian Diplomat.He was part of a generation of the first post-war modernists in Serbian literature. In 1918, he published the play “Maska” (Mask), which he started writing in 1914. His novels are among the most significant works in Serbian literature: “Dnevnik o Carnojevicu” (The Journal on Carnojevic), “Seobe” (Migrations) – first edition in 1929, […]

Jim Critchfield (1923 - 1998)

Writer for motion pictures and television. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999)

Author, actor, social wit, gay icon. The British author was born Denis Charles Pratt on Christmas Day in Sutton, Surrey, England, the son of Charles and Frances Phillips Pratt. Quentin Crisp was an intelligent, scholarly boy who at the age of fourteen won a scholarship to Denstone College and went on to study journalism at […]

René Crevel (1900 - 1935)

Author.  A key member of the French Surrealists.  Unlike other members of that group he devoted himself to the novel,  which he sought to liberate from the confines of traditional narrative.  Crevel’s style is darkly witty and volatile,  dreamlike yet consciously controlled. “Putting My Foot in It” (1933), probably his best known book,  is a […]

Robert Creeley (1926 - 2005)

Poet. Born in Arlington, Massachussets, he was among the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century and the 1999 winner of the Bollingen Prize, poetry’s top honor. Rejecting the strict metric schemes of the academics, he captured emotions with a concise, conversational style that assumed an intimacy with readers. Attended […]

George Creel (1876 - 1953)

Author. Wrote such books as ‘Wilson and the Issues’, ‘Ireland’s Fight for Freedom’ and ‘The War, the World and Wilson’. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Blanche Bates (1873 – 1941)*  Children:  Frances T Creel (1913 – 1957)* *Calculated relationship

Robert Creamer (1922 - 2012)

Author. Creamer was an American sportswriter and editor who was one of the first hired on the staff of Sports Illustrated in August of 1954 as a senior editor where he also wrote the weekly Scorecard section of the magazine. He also wrote for the New York Times. In 1974, he authored one of the […]

Oliver Crawford (1917 - 2008)

Television Screenwriter, Author. He revived his career after being blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early 1950s. He wrote for some of the most popular series from the 1950s into the 1970s, among them “Rawhide”, “Ben Casey’, “The Fugitive”, “Bonanza” and “Star Trek”. Born in Chicago, he was educated at the School […]

Isabella Stewart Valancy Crawford (1850 - 1887)

Poet. Crawford was born on December 25, 1850, in Dublin, Ireland, to a doctor and his wife. In 1858, Isabella’s family moved to Upper Canada, and settled in the town of Paisley on the Saugeen River. After there arrival in Paisley, life seemed to be good for the family, but after a few short years, […]

Cratinus (1970 - 1970)

Playwright. Died 423 BC. A master of Classical Greek Old Comedy, he did much to define the genre with its no-holds-barred satire, bawdiness and abuse. His late-career rivalry with Aristophanes resulted in his masterpiece, “Pytine” (“The Bottle”, 423 BC), which presented the comic archetype of the dissolute artist. Little is known of Cratinus’ life. He […]

Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914)

Poet. She studied at Vassar and served as instructor of poetetics at Smith College from 1911 to 1913. She became best known as a visionary poet writing in a highly concise style, and was the inventor of the cinquain (five line) verse. (bio by: Mount Hope NY)  Family links:  Parents:  Algernon Sidney Crapsey (1847 – […]

Walter Thomas Cranfield (1970 - 1946)

Famed journalist and Canadian War Correspondent during World War Two. He came to prominence through his work for the BBC. (bio by: Kieran Smith)

Dr Verner Winslow Crane (1889 - 1974)

Author, Historian. His writings include “Benjamin Franklin And A Rising People”, “The Southern Frontier, 1670-1732”, and “Franklin’s Letters To The Press, 1758-1775”. Crane was also a noted professor of History at the University of Michigan, and an outstanding authority on the Southeastern Indian frontier. (bio by: K)  Family links:  Spouse:  Jennie May Harris Crane (1890 […]

Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)

Novelist,  Short-Story Writer,  Poet.  He is often called the first modern American author.  Although he died at the age of 28,  he produced a body of work that has won him an enduring place in his country’s literature.  Crane was initially hailed as a realist in fiction,  but there are elements of impressionism,  naturalism,  and […]

Hart Crane (1899 - 1970)

Poet. He understood that he was a homosexual after an affair in 1919 in Akron, Ohio, where he was employed as a clerk in one of his father’s candy stores. In the spring of 1924, he met Emil Opffer, a ship’s purser. With him, an emotional relationship developed in which Crane was intensely engaged. (The […]

Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813 - 1892)

Writer, Artist. Born outside of Washington, D.C., Cranch relocated to Cambridge, MA to attend Harvard Divinity School. He served as a minister only briefly before becoming an early member of the Transcendental Club, a group which challenged his traditional religious beliefs. He is today recognized as the member with the greatest sense of humor. His […]

Dinah Maria Craik (1826 - 1887)

Author. Her father was a nonconformist clergyman; her mother taught in a small school. In 1864, she married a partner in the publishing house of Macmillan and Company, and was, afterwards, known as Mrs. Craik. She is best remembered for the novel “John Halifax, Gentleman” (1859). Her other works include, “The Ogilvies” (1849), dedicated to […]

George Crabbe (1754 - 1832)

Poet.  Born in the tiny fishing village of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, he first studied medicine,  graduating in 1775. Four years later he left Suffolk and travelled to London to take up writing seriously. His major works include: “The Village” (1783), “The Borough” (1810), “Tales in Verse” (1812), and “Tales of the Hall” (1819). Crabbe was renowned […]

Elinor Martineau Coyle (1909 - 1997)

Author, photographer, and historian of St. Louis, Missouri. Elinor Martineau Coyle was a pioneer in the St. Louis Renaissance Movement of the 1950s to the 1970s. She wrote and took photographs for a number of books about St. Louis history, including “Old St. Louis Homes 1764-1865: The Stories They Tell,”  “St. Louis: Portrait of a […]

William Robert Cox (1901 - 1988)

Author. He was prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets. He wrote under his own name as well as the pseudonyms “John Parkhill”, “Joel Reeve” and “Wayne Robbins”.