Marquand, John P.
1893 - 1960

The American author John Phillips Marquand was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents were wealthy, but they lost their...

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Cross, Amanda
1926 - 2003

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was a successful American academic, feminist and author of a series of mystery novels published under...

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Oates, Joyce Carol
1938 -

American author, born into a Protestant working-class family in the little town of Lockport in the western part of the...

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Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979

The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...

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