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  • It is 88 years today since Larry McMurtry was born.

    The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas. His parents were cattle breeders.
    McMurtry studied at Rice University, Houston, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1960. After a year at Stanford University he began to teach at Texas Christian University (1961–1962) and at Rice University (1964–1964). As of 1971, McMurtry was...

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Portrait of Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
1964 - 2020

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author born and raised in Barcelona. His mother was from Catalonia and his father from ...

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Portrait image of Lynn Shepherd

Shepherd, Lynn
1964 -

The British author, Lynn Shepherd, attracted a great deal of attention in literary circles with her crime novels that...

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Portrait of Jeffery Deaver

Deaver, Jeffery
1950 -

Jeffery Deaver is an American author of mystery novels born in Glen Ellyn near Chicago, Illinois. Having been born to a...

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Författarporträtt av Ashbery, John

Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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