Sample of Authors
Whitehead, Colson
1969 -
American writer Art Colson Chipp Whitehead spent his early years at 139th Riverside in Harlem, a tough place by his...
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Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977
James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...
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Davis, Dorothy Salisbury
1916 - 2014
The American crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and adopted by an older childless couple,...
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Solstad, Dag
1941 -
The Norwegian author Dag Solstad was born in Sandefjord. After finishing school he worked for a year as a journalist on a...
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