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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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Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900
Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...
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Irving, John
1942 -
American novelist born as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire. His mother was a nurse and his stepfather...
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Kirchhoff, Bodo
1948 -
The German novelist and playwright Bodo Kirchhoff was born in Hamburg and grew up in South Germany. His mother was an...
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Sanders, Lawrence
1920 - 1998
Lawrence Sanders was an author and journalist born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was an economist, and the family moved...
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