King, Stephen
1947 -

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...

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Fleming, Ian
1908 - 1964

Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of t...

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Restrepo, Laura
1950 -

Laura Restrepo is a Latin-American journalist and author born in Bogotá, Colombia. She was the elder of two sisters who ...

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Steinbeck, John
1902 - 1968

American author and Nobel Prize winner born in Salinas in California. His mother was a teacher and his father worked in the...

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