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Also Known As	Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park
Born	August 3, 1920 • Oxford • England
Died	November 27, 2014 (aged 94) • Oxford • England
Notable Works	“An Unsuitable Job for a Woman” • “Cover Her Face” • “Death Comes to Pemberley” • “Maul and the Pear Tree, The” • “The Children of Men” • “The Skull Beneath the Skin”

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