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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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Grass, Günter
1927 - 2015
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German author born in Danzig (present-day Gdansk in Poland) to German-Polish parents. His father ...
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Penny, Louise
1958 -
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She...
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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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Austen, Jane
1775 - 1817
The English author Jane Austen was born in in Steventon, Hampshire as the second last of seven children. Her father was a...
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