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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
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Crichton, Michael
1942 - 2008
The American author, physician, director and teacher John Michael Crichton was a remarkable person for several reasons: he...
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Blasim, Hassan
1973 -
The author and filmmaker Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as one of nine siblings in a Shiite family. He was...
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Griffiths, Elly
1963 -
The English author Domenica Maxted – known as a crime writer under the pseudonym Elly Griffiths – was born in London as Dom...
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King, Stephen
1947 -
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...
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