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Robert Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was an American author of books on United States military history, fiction, autobiography and children’s books. As a young man, he served in the Marine Corps with the 1st Marine Division during
Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949) is a British novelist. His best-known novels are Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He has received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and has been listed for the Booker Prize twi
Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Hebrew: ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ; October 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children’s literature. Born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1909, she arrived i
Claire Tomalin (born Claire Delavenay on 20 June 1933) is an English author and journalist, known for her biographies on Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc.), FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and r
BiographyCarol Hughes was born in Yorkshire, England, and grew up in a seaside town in Lancashire. She now lives in San Francisco with her husband and daughter.ABOUT THE AUTHORMy world upside down . . .I have been a writer my whole life, but oddly en
Amelia Warren Tyagi is the co-author of two best-selling books about middle-class economics, but she never gets top billing. The California business executive and sometimes commentator for a nationally syndicated radio show, “Marketplace,” is bet
Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known, at least in the English-speaking world, for her novel Gigi, which provided the plot for a Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical.Colette was born in
Alex Tizon (October 30, 1959 – March 23, 2017) was an American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His book Big Little Man, a memoir and cultural history, explores themes related to race, masculinity, and personal identity. He taught at t
Kathy Freston is an American self-help author and health and wellness expert, best known as the author of the Quantum Wellness series. She is also a contributor to The Huffington Post.
JOANNA CANNAN (1896-1961)(married name Pullein-Thompson)The work of Joanna Cannan, in her time a popular and prolific writer of mysteries and children’s fiction as well as mainstream fiction, has experienced a (slight) revival in the past decade or