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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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Coben, Harlan
1962 -
Harlan Coben is an American author who grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey. He graduated from Livingston...
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Mankell, Henning
1948 - 2015
Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish playwright and author. From the 1990s onwards, he won international renown for his...
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Murdoch, Iris
1919 - 1999
The British author and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch was of both English and Irish stock. She was born in Dublin to...
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
1874 - 1929
The Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna. His father was a bank manager. As a young man, von...
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