Dunsany, Edward Plunkett
1878 - 1957

The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the...

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Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977

James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...

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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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Lehane, Dennis
1966 -

The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...

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