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Portrait of Janet Evanovich Photo: Tim Pierce (2010) CC BY 3.0

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Evanovich, Janet

An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and after graduating from South River High School she went on to study a four-year course in contemporary art at Douglas College (a part of Rutgers University in New Jersey) where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1965. While still in high school, Janet began to make the a...

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Portrait image of E.L. Doctorow Photo: Ulla Montan

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Doctorow, E.L.

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was a pianist. He was named Edgar after Edgar Allan Poe. Doctorow read philosophy at Kenyon College, Ohio, graduating in 1952. He met his wife, Helen Esther Setzer, during his year at Columbia University. The couple was married in 1954 in occupied Germany where Doctorow served...

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