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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
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Eggers, Dave
1970 -
American author, editor and publisher Dave Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Lake Forest, a small...
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Magnan, Pierre
1922 - 2012
The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated,...
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Barnes, Julian
1946 -
The English author Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, but grew up in West London with his brother Jonathan. Their...
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Oksanen, Sofi
1977 -
The Finnish author and playwright Sofi Oksanen had a major impact on the literary scene in the first decade of the 21st...
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