Murakami, Haruki
1949 -

Haruki Murakami grew up as an only child in a traditional Japanese family. Both parents taught Japanese literature and his...

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Brett, Simon
1945 -

British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...

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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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Adams, Douglas
1952 - 2001

Douglas Noel Adams was a British author born in Cambridge. His father had studied theology, but worked as a probation...

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