Editing Camden, New Jersey (section)

===Authors, poets and writers===
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* [[Betty Cavanna]] (1909–2001), author, teen romance novels, mysteries and children's books<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-15-me-34424-story.html "E. Cavanna Harrison; Prolific U.S. Writer"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', August 15, 2001. Accessed September 2, 2019. "Born in Camden, N.J., Harrison contracted polio as a child and it left her with a slight limp."</ref>
* [[Mary Chalmers]] (born 1927, class of 1944), author and [[illustrator]] who wrote [[children's books]] frequently featuring cats<ref>[https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/4/resources/49 Mary Chalmers Papers], [[University of Southern Mississippi]]. Accessed December 3, 2024. "Mary Eileen Chalmers was born on March 16, 1927 in Camden, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[David Aaron Clark]] (1960–2009), author, musician, pornographic actor and pornographic video director<ref>Lentz III, Harris M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CH_GCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 "Clark, David Aaron"], p. 106 in ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture''. [[McFarland and Company]], 2016. {{ISBN|9780786456451}}. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Clark was born in Camden, New Jersey, on September 5, 1960."</ref>
* [[Andrew Clements]] (1949–2019), writer of children's books, known for his [[debut novel]] ''[[Frindle]]''<ref>[[Richard Sandomir|Sandomir, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/books/andrew-clements-dead.html "Andrew Clements, 70, Dies; Wrote Best-Selling Children's Books"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 2019. Accessed September 15, 2020. "Andrew Elborn Clements was born on May 29, 1949, in Camden, N.J., and grew up in nearby Oaklyn and Cherry Hill before moving with his family to Springfield, Ill., when he was in the sixth grade."</ref>
* [[Andrea Dworkin]] (1946–2015), [[radical feminist]] leader, who criticised pornography and was a victim of forced prostitution<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/arts/andrea-dworkin-writer-and-crusading-feminist-dies-at-58.html "Andrea Dworkin, Writer and Crusading Feminist, Dies at 58"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 12, 2005. Accessed August 22, 2023. "Andrea Rita Dworkin was born on Sept. 26, 1946, in Camden, N.J., and earned a bachelor's degree in literature from Bennington College in 1968."</ref>
* [[Michael Lisicky]] (born 1964), non-fiction writer and oboist with the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]]<ref>McCauley, Mary Carole. [https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-lisicky-profile-20131116-story.html "BSO oboist Michael Lisicky's books recall department stores of the past"], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', November 18, 2013. Accessed September 2, 2019. "Lisicky, who was born in 1964, was just a boy when he began accompanying his mother to the department stores anchoring the towns and cities around Camden, N.J., where he grew up."</ref>
* [[Nick Virgilio]] (1928–1989), [[haiku]] poet<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB297BBB088BC96&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Here, There & Everywhere: An Insider's Guide to What's Hot in Town"], ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', May 10, 1985. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Friday Nick Virgilio, one of the world's most respected haiku poets, makes a hometown appearance Friday at 8 p.m. at Camden's Walt Whitman Center, 2nd & Cooper streets."</ref>
* [[Walt Whitman]] (1819–1892), essayist, journalist and poet<ref>[http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Dato=20080924&Kategori=LIFE&Lopenr=809240805&Ref=PH "Walt Whitman"]{{dead link|date=July 2024}}. Portal to gallery of photographs (29) related to [[Walt Whitman]]. ''[[Courier-Post]]''. September 24, 2008. Accessed December 28, 2009.</ref>
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