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Also Known As Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt
Born June 4, 1932 • Auckland • New Zealand
Died October 10, 2004 (aged 72) • New Zealand
Notable Works “Among the Cinders”
Janet Frame
New Zealand writer
Novelist Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
British writer
Frederick Forsyth
British author
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain
British author
J.I.M. Stewart
British author
Aldiss, Brian W.
Brian W. Aldiss
English author
Daphne du Maurier, c. 1930.
Daphne du Maurier
British writer
Keri Hulme
New Zealand author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Doris Lessing
British writer
H.E. Bates
British author