James Pattersno 2010 Photo: books_authors CC BY-ND 2.0
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Patterson, James
The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an insurance clerk and his mother a teacher. After state schooling, he studied at Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York, and took his B.A in 1969. He started at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and got his M.A in English in 1970. He then dropped his studies, moved back...
Friedrich Glauser in Münsingen 1931 Limmat Verlag CC BY-SA 3.0
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Glauser, Friedrich
The Swiss author Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna. His mother was Austrian and his father was from Switzerland. Glauser's life can best be described as a series of disasters. His mother died when he was four years old, his father remarried and young Friedrich had a hard time adapting to his father's strict regime. He was sent to boarding school in Switzerland and was sent down, officially...