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Born	April 12, 1949 (age 77) • Chicago • Illinois
Notable Works	“Identical” • “One L: What They Really Teach You at Harvard Law School” • “Ordinary Heroes” • “Personal Injuries ” • “Pleading Guilty” • “Presumed Innocent” • “Testimony” • “The Burden of Proof” • “The Laws of Our Fathers”

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

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John Grisham

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Paula Gunn Allen

Paula Gunn Allen

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Peter Matthiessen

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Patricia Cornwell

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David Sedaris, 2008

David Sedaris

American humorist and essayist

Mary Higgins Clark

Mary Higgins Clark

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Tobias Wolff

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James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson

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Louis Zukofsky

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Alison Lurie

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S.S. Van Dine

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Bruce Sterling

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Arna Bontemps

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Eunice Tietjens

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Charles Dudley Warner

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Anna Bartlett Warner

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Esther Forbes

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Jonathan Safran Foer

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