MacDonald, John D.
1916 - 1986

The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued...

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Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...

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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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Fforde, Jasper
1961 -

Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the...

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