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It is 88 years today since Larry McMurtry was born.
The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas. His parents were cattle breeders.
McMurtry studied at Rice University, Houston, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1960. After a year at Stanford University he began to teach at Texas Christian University (1961–1962) and at Rice University (1964–1964). As of 1971, McMurtry was...
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Lagercrantz, David
1962 -
David Lagercrantz is a Swedish author and journalist born in Solna and brought up there and in Drottningholm, both near...
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Muller, Marcia
1944 -
American detective story writer, born in Detroit, Michigan, in a family with great literary interests. She wrote her first...
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Brodrick, William
1960 -
The British crime writer William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire, but when he was eleven years old the family...
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Sanders, Lawrence
1920 - 1998
Lawrence Sanders was an author and journalist born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was an economist, and the family moved...
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