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Also Known As John Alexander Joseph MacLeod
Born July 20, 1936 • Canada
Died April 20, 2014 (aged 77) • Windsor
Notable Works “No Great Mischief”
Alice Munro
Alice Munro
Canadian author
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Thomas King
American-born Canadian writer and photographer
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Canadian journalist and novelist
Rohinton Mistry
Indian-born Canadian writer
Timothy Findley
Canadian author
Audrey Thomas
Canadian author
Jack Ludwig
Canadian author
A.E. Van Vogt
Canadian-American author
Isabella Valancy Crawford, lithograph
Isabella Valancy Crawford
Canadian poet
Morley Callaghan
Canadian author
Thomas Head Raddall
Canadian author
James Crerar Reaney
Canadian writer
Margaret Laurence
Canadian writer
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan
British author
Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Michael Moorcock
British author