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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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Hollinghurst, Alan
1954 -
Alan James Hollinghurst is a British author who was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and grew up in Faringdon, Berkshire,...
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Simon, Claude
1913 - 2005
Claude Simon was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where his father was an officer in the French colonial army. After his...
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James, Henry
1843 - 1916
Henry James was an American author born in New York to a wealthy, intellectual family of Irish and Scottish origin. His...
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Marsden, John
1950 -
John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in a series of small towns in the Australian outback. His father...
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