Ellis, Bret Easton
1964 -

American writer, the oldest of three siblings born and raised in a wealthy family at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Ellis's...

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Lindgren, Astrid
1907 - 2002

Swedish author, born and raised on the estate of Näs, just outside Vimmerby in Småland. The parents, Samuel August and H...

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Pohl, Peter
1940 -

Peter Pohl was born in Germany. He went to high school in Stockholm and graduated from high school in 1959. He next studied...

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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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