Patricia Grace

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Also Known As	Patricia Frances Gunson
Born	August 17, 1937 (age 87) • Wellington • New Zealand
Notable Works	“Baby No-Eyes” • “Chappy” • “Collected Stories” • “Earth, Sea, Sky: Images and Maori Proverbs from the Natural World of Aotearoa New Zealand” • “Electric City and Other Stories” • “From the Centre: A Writer’s Life” • “Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps” • “Ned & Katina: A True Love Story” • “Small Holes in the Silence” • “The Dream Sleepers and Other Stories” • “The Kuia and the Spider” • “Tu” • “Waiariki and Other Stories” • “Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street”

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New Zealand author

Maurice Gee

New Zealand author

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Penelope Lively

British author

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

American author

Frank Sargeson

New Zealand writer

Janet Frame

New Zealand writer

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

Tillie Olsen

American author

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

Japanese author

Salman Rushdie, 2008

Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

American author

James Patterson

James Patterson

American author

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

John Grisham

John Grisham

American writer

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

Chilean-American author

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Martin Amis

Martin Amis

British author

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

British author and critic

Klíma, Ivan

Ivan Klíma

Czech author

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