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Also Known As	H. H. Munro • Hector Hugh Munro
Born	December 18, 1870 • Sittwe • Myanmar
Died	November 14, 1916 (aged 45) • France • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Notable Works	“The Chronicles of Clovis” • “The Open Window” • “The Unbearable Bassington” • “Tobermory”

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

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James Joyce

Irish author

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Tom Stoppard

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter

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G.K. Chesterton

British author

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American author

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Irish author

Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

Irish author

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Frederick Forsyth

British author

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Sir Angus Wilson

British author

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland

Canadian journalist and novelist

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Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

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Jack Ludwig

Canadian author

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V.S. Pritchett

British writer

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James Crerar Reaney

Canadian writer

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Anna Kavan

British author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

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Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

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J.M. Barrie

Scottish author

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Arthur Conan Doyle

British author

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Neil Miller Gunn

Scottish author

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Writer’s Digest

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