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![Portrait image of MacKinlay Kantor](images/writer/2440/6197e7b547d41f8e9635dcc963059affc00987c9ba882.jpg)
Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
Further reading![Portrait of Gore Vidal](images/writer/1794/6037ecf51b12f82963c3a7f278acdf0298913a6f41dab.jpg)
Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012
The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...
Further reading![Portrait of Michael Moorcock](images/writer/3473/60992f1a39f2524d472dbace1be0cbb4beeefac3927f4.jpg)
Moorcock, Michael
1939 -
The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the...
Further reading![Portrait of Robert Barnard](images/writer/3347/60993b198f3327ff6246183f3f9faba5a49a2da843786.jpg)
Barnard, Robert
1936 - 2013
Robert Barnard was an English crime writer and scholar of international fame. He was born in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. In...
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