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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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Albee, Edward
1928 - 2016
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright born in Washington DC. His parents abandoned him immediately after he...
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Hughes, Dorothy B.
1904 - 1993
The American author, journalist and critic Dorothy B. Hughes, born Dorothy Belle Flanagan, never wrote much fiction, but...
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Reilly, Helen
1891 - 1962
Critics often regard Helen Reilly as one of the most important female American crime writers of the 1930s. One reason for...
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Milton, John
1608 - 1674
The English poet John Milton was born in London as the son of a wealthy Catholic burgher. He attended Christ's College,...
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