Sebald, W.G.
1944 - 2001

Winfried Georg (W.G.) Sebald was born near the end of the Second World War in the Bavarian mountain village of Wertach...

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Davidson, Diane Mott
1949 -

The American crime writer Diane Mott Davidson was born, one of six siblings, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her father, a naval...

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Hiaasen, Carl
1953 -

Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and author of thrillers. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is of...

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Okri, Ben
1959 -

Ben Okri was born into the Urhobo tribe in Minna, Nigeria, as the son of Grace and Silver Okri, but he spent his early...

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