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It is 75 years today since Ken Follett was born.
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of the Plymouth Brethren, and as a child he was not allowed to watch television. Instead he read profusely; his first favourite author was Shakespeare. Follett graduated from University College London in 1970 and began to write about rock music for the Cardiff-based South Wales E...
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Penny, Louise
1958 -
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She...
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Connelly, Michael
1956 -
Michael Connelly is an American author of crime fiction born in Philadelphia. At the age of twelve, he moved with his...
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Gardner, John (b. 1926)
1926 - 2007
John Edmund Gardner was a British novelist. He was born in the village of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland as the son of a...
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Bradley, Alan
1938 -
Alan Bradley was born in Toronto, Canada. He grew up with his mother and two sisters in the town of Cobourg, about one...
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