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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Krueger, William Kent
1950 -

William Kent Krueger is an American author of crime fiction born in Torrington, Wyoming. His father was a teacher, but as...

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Quasimodo, Salvatore
1901 - 1968

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet born in Modica, near Syracuse on Sicily. He was the second of four children. His...

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Shute, Nevil
1899 - 1960

British author born as Nevil Shute Norway in Ealing, Middlesex, and raised in Shrewsbury. He stuttered badly, which...

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