
Sample of authors
Rowling, J.K.
The British writer, J.K. Rowling, was born as Joanne Rowling in Yate in Gloucestershire, England. As an adult, she added her paternal grandmother’s first name, Kathleen, as her middle name. When she was four years old, the family moved to the village of Winterbourne in the same county, since the family had grown with the arrival of Joanne’s sister who was two years younger. Four years later, it mo...

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Hillerman, Tony
American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a farm; his father ran the village shop and his mother was a nurse. He attended a boarding school with mainly Native American children from the Potawatomie tribe between 1930 and 1938. He graduated from Konowa High School in 1942, in 1948 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...