Austen, Jane
1775 - 1817

The English author Jane Austen was born in in Steventon, Hampshire as the second last of seven children. Her father was a...

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Petterson, Per
1952 -

Norwegian author born in Oslo to a working class family with left-wing sympathies. His father was a logger of Swedish...

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Trollope, Anthony
1815 - 1882

Anthony Trollope was born in a higher middle-class family in England in the Victorian era. His father was a less successful...

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Bond, Michael
1926 - 2017

The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading....

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