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Born	December 20, 1951 (age 72) • York • England
Awards And Honors	Costa Book Awards (2013)
Notable Works	theatrical production • “A God in Ruins” • “Abandonment” • “Behind the Scenes at the Museum” • “Big Sky” • “Case Histories” • “Emotionally Weird” • “Human Croquet” • “Karmic Mothers—Fact or Fiction?” • “Life After Life” • “One Good Turn” • “Shrines of Gaiety” • “Started Early: Took My Dog” • “Transcription” • “When Will There Be Good News?”

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Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith

British author

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

British author

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

British writer

Galsworthy, oil painting by Rudolf Sauter, 1923; in the University of Birmingham Library, England

John Galsworthy

British writer

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor, author, and director

Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Scottish author

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

Alan Garner

British author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Fay Weldon

British author

A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

British author

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

British writer

Elizabeth Jane Howard

British author

P.G. Wodehouse, 1945.

P.G. Wodehouse

British author

Rendell, Ruth

Ruth Rendell

British author

Gabriel Josipovici

British author

Wilkie Collins.

Wilkie Collins

British author