Colin Thubron

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Born	June 14, 1939 (age 85) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Cruel Madness” • “Distance” • “Emperor” • “Falling” • “Night of Fire” • “To the Last City” • “Turning Back the Sun” • “Where Nights Are Longest”

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D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

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Graham Greene

Graham Greene

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Llewelyn Powys

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Pratchett, Terry

Terry Pratchett

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Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble

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Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain

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Jeanette Winterson

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John Wain

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William Golding

William Golding

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Sir H. Rider Haggard

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Rosamond Nina Lehmann

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Henry James

Henry James

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Arthur Young

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