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Sample of authors
Schlink, Bernhard
The German lawyer and author Bernhard Schlink was born in Grossdornberg (now part of the city of Bielefeld) and grew up in Heidelberg. His mother was Swiss and his father German, a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg. As a young man Schlink was interested in literature; he wanted either to become an author or to study history and sociology. But he followed his father's advice...
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Robinson, Peter
Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest in attending school until he enrolled at the University of Leeds from which he graduated with a BA in English literature in 1974. Later the same year he moved to Canada where he attended the University of Windsor, Ontario, studying for an MA in English and creative writing...