Editing Tarrytown, New York (section)

===Literature===
* Washington Irving's story "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]" is set in and around Tarrytown. The name "Sleepy Hollow" comes from a secluded glen located north of Tarrytown. In 1996, the residents of [[North Tarrytown]] (a village north of Tarrytown around the area of Sleepy Hollow) voted to formally change the village's name to Sleepy Hollow.
** Jessica Verday's young adult novel ''The Hollow'' is a modern interpretation of the events of Irving's story, and is likewise set in the Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow area.
* The [[Ellery Queen]] novel ''[[The Dragon's Teeth]]'' is set primarily in Tarrytown.
* [[Gabrielle Zevin]]'s young adult novel ''Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac'' is set primarily in the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow area.
* [[Judy Blume]]'s children's novel ''[[Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great]]'' is mostly set in Tarrytown, where the title character and her family spend their summer vacation.
* In [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s ''[[The Beautiful and Damned]]'', millionaire Adam Patch's estate is said to be in Tarrytown.