Richardson, Samuel
1689 - 1761

Samuel Richardson was born in Derbyshire as the son of a carpenter. The family could not afford to send him to school, so...

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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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Lindgren, Astrid
1907 - 2002

Swedish author, born and raised on the estate of Näs, just outside Vimmerby in Småland. The parents, Samuel August and H...

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Pattison, Eliot
1951 -

The American author and lawyer, Joseph Eliot Pattison, was born in Philadelphia. He grew up on a farm run by his father;...

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