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Portrait image of John Fowles Photo: Ulf Andersen / Hulton Archive via Getty Images (1987)

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Fowles, John

John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt of a career in the legal profession, but when the First World War broke out he was instead forced to take over the family's tobacco business. His mother, Gladys May, was a housewife. Fowles grew up in the security of a terraced housing estate, but later in life he confessed...

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Portrait of Jack O'Connell Photo: Louis Monier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (1999)

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O'Connell, Jack

Jack O’Connell was an American teacher and author known for his noir fantasy Quinsigamond novels. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and he lived all his life in or near the city. In 1965, he was enrolled at the Blessed Sacrament School and attended the school until it was closed in 1972 when he went over to the Worcester Central Catholic School. In 1973, he enrolled at the St. John’s High S...

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