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It is 116 years today since Ian Fleming was born.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
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Carey, Peter
1943 -
The Australian author Peter Philip Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, where his parents ran a General Motors...
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Hyland, M.J.
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Maria Joan Hyland's childhood was chaotic. Her father was an alcoholic and a liar as a young man, he continued to drink,...
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Hannah, Sophie
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The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...
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Christie, Agatha
1890 - 1976
English detective writer, born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in an affluent middle-class home in Torquay in Devon County....
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