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Hannah, Sophie
The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a house with many books – both their parents were authors. Their mother, Adèle Geras, born in Jerusalem, was an actor and singer before becoming a popular author of primarily children’s and young adult books. The father, Norman Geras, was born in Rhodesia. He is a retired prof...
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Parsons, Tony
English author and journalist, born and grew up as the only child in a working-class family in Romford, Essex. When Tony Parsons was five years old the family moved to Billericay, also in Essex, where he grew up. He attended Barstable Grammar School in Basildon, which he left at the age of 16 with rotten grades. In the years immediately after that, he had several short, menial jobs, including a...
