Mordecai Richler

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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9 American Countercultural Books

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What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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Flags That Look Alike

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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14 Tough Questions Answered

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Born	January 27, 1931 • Montreal • Canada
Died	July 3, 2001 (aged 70) • Montreal • Canada
Awards And Honors	Order of Canada (1999)
Notable Works	“Barney’s Version” • “Joshua Then and Now” • “Solomon Gursky Was Here” • “St. Urbain’s Horseman” • “The Acrobats” • “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” • “The Incomparable Atuk”

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Thomas King

American-born Canadian writer and photographer

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Canadian author

Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Canadian poet

Susan Musgrave

American-born author

Davies, Robertson

Robertson Davies

Canadian author

Margaret Laurence

Canadian writer

Catharine Parr Traill

Canadian author

Robert Munsch

Canadian author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Salman Rushdie, 2008

Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Martha Ostenso

Canadian author

Lisa Robertson

Canadian poet and essayist

Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff

Canadian political leader

Anne Michaels

Canadian poet and novelist

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

Canadian writer

Alice Munro

Alice Munro

Canadian author

Sue Goyette

Canadian poet and novelist

Alistair MacLeod

Canadian author and educator

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland

Canadian journalist and novelist

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