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Born August 16, 1934 • London • England
Died March 26, 2011 (aged 76) • Bristol • England
Notable Works “Howl’s Moving Castle”
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
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The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
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One of Britain's most popular authors
Philip Pullman
British writer
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
English novelist
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
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Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
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P.L. Travers.
P.L. Travers
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Pratchett, Terry
Terry Pratchett
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Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
British clergyman and writer
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
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Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain
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Geoffrey Household
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
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D.J. Enright
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell
British actress and director
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
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