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Smith, Martin Cruz
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father was a jazz musician and his mother a jazz singer. She was of Pueblo descent and was active in the Native American civil rights movement. The family moved homes several times during Smith’s youth, but he predominantly grew up in Philadelphia where he attended Germantown A...
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Baldacci, David
The American author David Baldacci, with family roots in Toscana in Italy, was born in Richmond, Virginia, as the youngest of three siblings. His father was a mechanic and his mother worked at a telephone company. Their son studied at Henrico High School before acquiring a B.A. at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and in 1968 a Law degree at the University of Virginia in...