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Akunin, Boris
Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of the Russian writer and translator Grigory Chkhartishvili of Georgian-Jewish origin. He was born in Zestaponi, Georgian USSR. His father was an officer and his mother a teacher. When Chkhartishvili was two years old, the family left Georgia and moved to Moscow where he grew up and attended school, majoring in English. Having become fascinated by Japanese culture...
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Wheatley, Dennis
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and occult novels. He was born in south London to a family that owned a wine business. He started at Dulwich College, London, in 1908, but he was expelled a year later for his attitude to his teachers and interest in everything that did not have anything to do with his formal...