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Mary Elizabeth Sergent has long been interested in the story of John Pelham and his classmates. She is currently engaged in writing a novel based on Pelham’s life.

William Serrin is a New York Times reporter who specializes in labor subjects.

Timothy Severin is an English writer who specializes in the history of exploration. He is the author of The Horizon Book of Vanishing Primitive Man , which was published last year by this company, and is

Richard B. Sewall taught English at Yale from 1934 to 1976 and served as Master of Ezra Stiles College, 1959-70. His publications include The Vision of Tragedy and The Life of Emily Dickinson .

Gene Seymour is a film critic at Newsday and is the author of Jazz: The Great American Art.

Ann Seymour is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in several publications, including the Wall Street Journal and Morocco World News. In 2019 she received her masters from the Craig Newmark Graduate

William V. Shannon is on the editorial board of the New York Times . He is the author of The American Irish and of The Heir Apparent , a study of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both lniblished by

Ira Shapiro, a former Senate staffer and Clinton administration trade official, has written three books about the Senate: The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis (2012); Broken: Can

Mr. Shapiro worked on the Herald Tribune ‘s rewrite desk from 1962 to 1965. He is now on the staff of The New Yorker . The major source for the last century of the Tribune ‘s history is The New York

Professor Shapiro, who recently returned from a year in Argentina on a Fulbright fellowship, now teaches history at Michigan State University Oakland at Rochester, Michigan. He is at work on a study of the

Ernest Sharpe, Jr., is a writer living in Austin, Texas.

Peter Shea is a writer, historian, and director of professional development at the community college level. He has written about prominent Irish Americans, educational gaming, and cutting-edge technologies in

—Wilfrid Sheed is working on a book about the great American songwriters of the thirties and forties.

Israel Shenker, a reporter for the New York Times , interviewed Mr. Landon recently in Topeka.

Shepard’s account of his flight is adapted from Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, with Jay Barbree and Howard Benedict, just issued by Turner

Nancy Shepherdson wrote about the birth of the federal income tax in our March 1989 issue.

Carol Sheppard, who lives in Boulder, Colorado, works as a dissertation editor and typist and also writes fiction.

David Sherwood is an advertising copywriter who lives in Hartford, Connecticut. He has written often on the history of his town.

This article is adapted from David Shi’s forthcoming book, The Simple Life , which will be published soon by Oxford University Press. Dr. Shi is a professor of history at Davidson College in North Carolina

Stephen Shields is a writer living in Aurora, Ohio.

Peter Shinkle is a writer, journalist, and business development consultant. Working for 19 years as a reporter at various news organizations, including most recently the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he has covered

William L. Shirer is the author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich . This account has been adapted from The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940 , which is Volume II of20th Century Journey and will be published

Craig Shirley  has written four bestsellers on Ronald Reagan which include Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America, Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign

Mr. Shogan, who is a member of the staff of Newsweek , is the co-author of The Detroit Race Riot (Chilian, 1964). For further reading: Out of the Jaws of Victory , by Jules Abels (Holt, 1959); The

Edward Shorter Ph.D., is a social historian of medicine, clinical scientist, and professor at the University of Toronto. Shorter has published widely in this field, including the histories of obstetrics and

Russell Shorto is a senior scholar at the New Netherland Institute and contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. His best-selling history of the Dutch in New York, The Island at the Center of the

This article was adapted from Legends of the American Desert: Sojourns in the Greater Southwest (Knopf), Alex Shoumatoff’s tenth book. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair , he lives with his wife and

David M. Shribman, executive editor emeritus of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on American political culture. He is a nationally syndicated columnist, a regular analyst

Mr. Shuttleworth was editor of the humorous weekly Judge from the mid-twenties to the mid-thirties and later succeeded Oliver La Farge as editor of the Alliance Book Corporation. He was written several books

Hampton Sides is an author and the editor-at-large for Outside Magazine. In addition to his journalism, Sides has written five books, including Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, and Blood and Thunder.

Fern Siegel is Deputy Editor, MediaPost. For more information.

Benjamin Siegel studied history at Yale University.

This article is adapted from Julius Silberger, Jr.’s biography, The Will to Believe: The Life and Times of Mary Baker Eddy , published recently by Little, Brown. Dr. Silberger is a psychiatrist and

Charles E. Silberman, a former editor of Fortune, is a member of the Joint Committee on Juvenile Justice Standards of the American Bar Association. His 1978 best seller, Criminal Violence, Criminal Justice

Robert Silverberg has been a professional writer since 1955, widely known for his science fiction and fantasy stories. He is a many-time winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, was named to the Science Fiction

E. H. Silverman, a former staff member of True and Argosy, is now a free-lance magazine writer living in Ardsley, N. Y.

Jillian A. Sim is working on a book about her family.

—Margaret Staats Simmons, the former editor of Travel Holiday magazine, is the director of new media for Fairchild Publications.