Chatterton, Thomas
1752 - 1770

British poet and satirist born in Bristol where he grew up in the shadow of the city's magnificent 15th century cathedral,...

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Tartt, Donna
1963 -

The American novelist Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood and grew up in Grenada, both in the State of Mississippi. She...

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Kerr, Philip
1956 - 2018

Philip Kerr was a Scottish author born in Edinburgh. His family were Baptists. Kerr read law and philosophy at the...

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Derleth, August
1909 - 1971

American author, poet, editor and publisher, who wrote his first published novel Bat’s Belfry when he was 15 years old. W...

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