Shute, Nevil
1899 - 1960

British author born as Nevil Shute Norway in Ealing, Middlesex, and raised in Shrewsbury. He stuttered badly, which...

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Waugh, Hillary
1920 - 2008

The American mystery novelist Hillary Baldwin Waugh was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Hillhouse...

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Valéry, Paul
1871 - 1945

French author born and grown up in the southern French port of Sète, where his father was a customs officer. Through his ...

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Sturgeon, Theodore
1918 - 1985

Theodore Sturgeon – he was born Edward Hamilton Waldo – was an American author of primarily science fiction and fantasy, but...

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