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Sample of authors
Pattison, Eliot
The American author and lawyer, Joseph Eliot Pattison, was born in Philadelphia. He grew up on a farm run by his father; his mother was a bank official. As a child, he devoured books and often disappeared into the forest to read. An aunt who was a librarian in the American army used to supply him with literature from the various countries where she was stationed. Pattison himself says that the...
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Ani, Friedrich
Friedrich Ani was born in Kochel am See, Bavaria. His father was Syrian and his mother was born in Silesia. After graduating from university, Ani moved to Munich where he still lives. He began to write plays for the radio and stage in upper secondary school, some of which he was able to sell. After serving his military service as a civilian at a home for troubled youth, he worked as a crime...