Barclay, Linwood
1955 -

Canadian-American author, born in Darien, Connecticut in the USA. Just before his fourth birthday, the family moved to...

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Fowles, John
1926 - 2005

John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt...

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Ørstavik, Hanne
1969 -

The Norwegian author Hanne Ørstavik was born in the village of Tana in the northern province of Finnmark where many of her ...

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Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021

The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...

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