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Pearl Zane Gray was born January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939 in Zanesville, Ohio. He had a happy upper-middle childhood, as his father was a successful dentist. But,there was an occasional fistfight with boys, that teased him about his first name being.... Pearl. He later replaced it with his mothers maiden name.... Zane. A scout for the university of Pennsylvania, convinced him him to play on the college baseball team, and study there. He graduated in 1986 with a degree in dentistry.  Seems Zane did not have much fondness for the idea of replicating his father’s safe but unexciting career path.  Searching for an alternative, Grey decided to try his hand at writing.  His very first attempt was an uninspiring historical novel about a family ancestress. At that point, Grey might well have been doomed to a life of dentistry, had he not met Colonel C. J. “Buffalo” Jones in 1908, who convinced Grey to write his biography. More importantly, Jones took him out West ...

Bryan Stevenson is NYU Law School professor of law and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.

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."

Yuval Noah Harari is the author of  international bestsellers.  He is an Israeli historian and a professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Guardian quotes Yuval as saying..."Homo Sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so." Yuval also gives a free online course in English titled..."  A Brief History of Humankind ."  Over the years, more than 100,000 people throughout the world....  have already taken his course.