Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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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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Goodwin, Jason
1964 -

Jason Goodwin is a British author and journalist. His mother, the bohemian author Jocasta Innes, and his father, the author...

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