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Anne Rice: Queen of The Horror Tale

by Marjorie Dorfman

16 Mar 2006 02:15 AM

Born Howard Allen O' Brien on October 4, 1941, in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the second child of Irish Catholic parents. Although she now lives in California, most of her life has been spent in New Orleans, which provides a unique backdrop for her stories.

Robert Benchley: A Wit Like No Other

by Marjorie Dorfman

07 Mar 2006 03:07 AM

Robert Charles Bentley was born on September 15, 1899, in Worchester, Massachusetts at the family home at 14 Kingsbury Street. He had the distinction of being the only child born in the city on that particular day.

Dorothy Parker: A Woman Of Acerbic Wit

by Marjorie Dorfman

05 Mar 2006 04:51 AM

Born Dorothy Rothschild on August 22, 1893, in Long Branch, New Jersey, this American writer grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Her parents were of different faiths; her father Jewish and her mother Protestant.

Agatha Christie: First Lady of Mystery

by Marjorie Dorfman

04 Mar 2006 04:22 AM

Agatha May Clarissa Miller was born in Devon, England in 1890, the youngest of three children in a conservative, well-to-do family. Early education was with a governess and tutors, and none of the Miller children attended public schools.

Maya Angelou: A True Woman of Substance

by Marjorie Dorfman

04 Mar 2006 04:18 AM

Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, this African- American poet, author, historian, playwright, actress and civil rights activist (just to name a few things) grew up in Missouri and in Stamps, Arkansas.

Ernest Hemmingway: A Brilliance Lost

by Marjorie Dorfman

27 Feb 2006 04:17 AM

Born at eight o'clock in the morning on July 21, 1899, in a suburb of Chicago, Ernest Hemmingway was one of six children. In later life, he would refer to his hometown of Oak Park as a "place of wide lawns and narrow minds." He was named after his maternal grandfather, Ernest Hall. His father, Dr.

Truman Capote: Unlikely Literary Icon

by Marjorie Dorfman

14 Feb 2006 08:49 AM

Truman Streckfus Persons was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 30, 1924. His mother's relatives raised him until 1933 when he moved to New York with his mother and her second husband, Joseph Capote. His stepfather adopted him and renamed him Truman Garcia Capote in 1935.



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