Smith, Patti
1946 -

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is a rock musician, poet and artist, the oldest of four siblings born in Chicago, Illinois. She...

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Keeler, Harry Stephen
1890 - 1967

The American author Harry Stephen Keeler was one of a kind. He wrote some seventy novels that are a blend of crime fiction,...

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McBain, Ed
1926 - 2005

Ed McBain is the best-known pen name for Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Alberto Lombino, a versatile and prolific American...

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Balzac, Honoré de
1799 - 1850

Honoré de Balzac was born Honoré Balzac in Tours, France, to a civil servant and his wife who was 30 years his junior. He a...

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