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Kate Bowler

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Life is not always shinny and bright as Kate Bowler well knows. Kate is a young mother, writer and college professor that was suddenly stricken with stage IV cancer. Her newest book "Everything Happens" is destined for the best seller list.

Kurt Andersen

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KURT ANDERSEN's latest books are "FANTASYLAND"... How America Went Haywire: A 500-year History" and, with Alec Baldwin..... You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump."

Michael Ondaatje

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Today's author is Michael Ondaatje a Canadian novelist and poet whose best known work is perhaps.... "The English Patient."  According to The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times... Michael Ondaatje's first new novel in seven years, is destined for greatness. With a huge audience of loyal readers, who have been chomping on the bit, for another work of art from him, there was a sigh of gladness on May 8, 2018.... with the release of "Warlight."

Steven Hawkins

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Steven Hawkins was born January 8,1942. He has passed away at the age of 76. Stephen William Hawking was stricken with A.L.S. He spent much of his life in a wheel chair and could only communicate via  a computer speech synthesizer. His 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" sought to explain to non-scientists the fundamental theories of the universe and it became an international bestseller, bringing him global acclaim. His next book "The Universe in A Nutshell" was published in 2001. He also wrote a children's book with his daughter Lucy "George's Secret Key To The Universe" in 2007. "A Brief History Of Time" Is A Number One New York Best Seller...  and also.... it  is included in the Amazon List Of 100 Books To Read In A Lifetime. The Universe in a Nutshell  • Quantum mechanics • M-theory • General relativity • 11-dimensional super gravity • 10-dimensional membranes • Super strings • P-branes • Black hole

Lewis Carroll

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Born in Daresbury,Cheshire England.... 27 January 1832 Died:D.Guildford,Surry,England...14 January 1898 The Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a teacher of mathematics at Oxford as well as deacon of the Anglican Church. He gained great fame for writing "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" and "Alice Adventure In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass" he is also the author of a number of .... other books .

Today's Author Is Nora Roberts

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Famed romance novelist Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950 She has published more than 140 novels.....and when she's not writing traditional romance novels, she writes futuristic romantic suspense under the pen name J.D. Robb , which allows her to branch out into even more areas of creativity. Her books have been printed in dozens of countries around the world, and many of them have been adapted into TV movies.

Today's Author Is Martin Hammer

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This is Francis Bacon who is a world wide known Artist His works now command millions Born: 28 October 1909 Died: 28 April 1992 Martin Hammer is a leading specialist on Francis Bacon, having taught, lectured, researched and written about his work for many years. He is the author of two important scholarly books on the artist, Bacon and Sutherland (2005) and Francis Bacon and Nazi Propaganda (2012). He also curated major exhibitions devoted to Graham Sutherland at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2005 and `The Naked Portrait' at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh in 2007. He is Professor of History and Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent.

Tess Gerritsen

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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen was a doctor long before she was an author.She is  now retired from medicine, writes full time, and lives in Maine. Her books have been published in forty countries around the world , and have sold more than 30 million copies! 

Roger Priddy

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Roger's love for children's early learning has led him to create some of the most successful children's non-fiction books....... to be found! Several of Rogers books have sold over a million copies each, including.................. First 100 Words, My Big Animal Book and Happy Baby Words