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It is 202 years today since Edmond de Goncourt was born.
The brothers Edmond and Jules (1830–1870) de Goncourt were born in Nancy and Paris respectively. Their father was a high-ranking officer whose legacy allowed the siblings to dedicate their time to art, theatre and literature. The two brothers lived and worked together until Jules died of syphilis in 1870. Neither brother married. As to their work, they are perceived as one and the same since E...
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It is 77 years today since Carol O'Connell was born.
Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "Kathy" Mallory.
O’Connel published her first novel at the age of forty-seven and has tried to stay out of the limelight. She offers little information about her person, and not much is known about her early years. She was born in New York and grew up in New York, New Jer...
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Sittenfeld, Curtis
1975 -
Curtis Sittenfeld was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, as the second oldest of four siblings. Her mother taught history of...
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Verdon, John
1942 -
John Verdon is an American crime writer, born in Bronx, New York. He was educated at Regis High School and Fordham...
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Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
1918 - 2008
Russian author, born in Kislovodsk in the Caucasus and raised in Rostov. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics and...
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Reeve, Arthur B.
1880 - 1936
Arthur Benjamin Reeve was a successful American journalist and author of mystery stories in the first decades of the 20th...
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