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Keneally, Thomas
The novelist and non-fiction writer Thomas ‘Tom’ Keneally descends from a family of Irish prisoners that were deported to Australia in the 19th century. He is one of Australia’s best-known literary figures, and has written a large number of novels and non-fiction works. He gained international fame with his dramatized biography of Oskar Schindler, the Nazi who was friendly to Jews, Schindler’s Ark...
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Harris, Thomas
American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and cannibal Hannibal Lector; all of them were bestsellers and have been turned into films. Thomas Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but already when he was a child the family moved to his father’s home district in Rich, Mississippi. His father worked on a farm and the son had m...