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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Evanovich, Janet
1943 -

An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...

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Parker, Dorothy
1893 - 1967

The American novelist, poet and satirist Dorothy Parker was born in West End, Long Branch, New Jersey, but she grew up in...

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Tournier, Michel
1924 - 2016

Michel Edouard Tournier was born in Paris. His parents met at the Sorbonne, where they both studied German. For this...

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