Alison Lurie

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10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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Born	September 3, 1926 • Chicago • Illinois
Died	December 3, 2020 (aged 94) • Ithaca • New York
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales • “Fabulous Beasts” • “Foreign Affairs” • “Heavenly Zoo: Legends and Tales of the Stars, The” • “Imaginary Friends” • “Love and Friendship” • “Only Children” • “Real People” • “The Last Resort” • “The Nowhere City” • “The Truth About Lorin Jones” • “The War Between the Tates” • “Truth and Consequences” • “Women and Ghosts”

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

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Constance Lindsay Skinner

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

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John Updike

John Updike

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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

American novelist

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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William Kennedy

American author and journalist

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

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Jean Stafford

American writer

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

John Grisham

John Grisham

American writer

David Sedaris

David Sedaris

American humorist and essayist

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

American author

Frank Stockton

American novelist

Esther Forbes

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Carl Sandburg.

Carl Sandburg

American poet and historian

E.B. White

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Leon Edel

American critic and biographer

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

American author

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