Ammaniti, Niccolò
1966 -

The Italian author Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome to a middle-class family. He studied biology at university and because ...

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Millás, Juan José
1946 -

Spanish author and journalist born in Valencia as the fourth of nine siblings. The family moved to the outskirts of Madrid...

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Abbott, Megan
1971 -

The American scholar and author Megan Abbott was born in Detroit and raised there and at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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