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Graham Greene

Graham Greene was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, on October 2, 1904. * He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and…

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John Milton

John Milton was an English poet, pamphleteer, and historian. He was born in London in 1608 and died in 1674. He is best known for…

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Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author of young adult novels. * She was born in Potsdam, New York, in 1961. * She graduated…

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Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. * He was born in…

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Rachel Vincent

Rachel Vincent is an American author of young adult urban fantasy novels. * She was born in Oklahoma and currently lives in San…

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Robert T. Kiyosaki

Robert T. Kiyosaki is an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. * He is best known for his book "Rich Dad Poor…

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. * He was born in Dublin in 1906 and died in Paris in 1989. * He wrote…

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Wayne W. Dyer

Wayne W. Dyer was an American self-help author and motivational speaker. * He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 10, 1940. *…

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Amy Tan

Amy Tan is an American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience. * She was born in Oakland,…

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. * He dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to co-found…

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Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856. * After the Civil War, he attended Hampton Institute, where he was taught by…

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Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor is an American author, humorist, and radio personality. * He was born in Anoka, Minnesota in 1942. * He…

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Henry Miller

Henry Miller was an American novelist, essayist, and painter. He was born in New York City in 1891 and died in Los Angeles in…

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is best known for his magnum opus, La Comédie humaine, a collection of…

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Jim Henson

Jim Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker. * He was born in Greenville,…

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and essayist. * He was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and died in Geneva in…

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Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist. * He was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1862. * He was awarded the…

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