William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. William Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed. The versatile William Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed, the play Grand View, and cowrote the screenplay... read full bio

William Raspberry's intellect and warmly personal writing style have attracted a legion of admiring readers to his commentary on social and political issues. William Raspberry was named one of the top 50 most influential journalists in the national press corps by Washingtonian. William Raspberry comments on issues of education, crime, justice, drug abuse and housing, but added a national dimension.... read full bio