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Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in the idyllic hamlet of South Haven, Michigan. Her family moved to Evanston, Illinois when she was little; she has lived in or near Chicago for most of her life. She began making prints in 1978 under the tutelage of William Wimmer. Miss Niffenegger trained as a visual artist at ....[more]
Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known for the Tarzan book series, was born on September 1st, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. As a young boy, he was shuttled to various schools in the Chicago area before being sent to his brothers’ ranch in Idaho following the influenza epidemic in 1891. Six months later, he was sent to school....[more]
William S. Burroughs was born to a wealthy family in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 5th, 1914. He began writing at a young age, completing his first story at age 8. At 13, after reading Jack Black’s You Can’t Win, he became intrigued by outlaw, underground lifestyle, which would influence him for the rest of his li....[more]
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That E. L. Doctorow is a professional writer in the best sense may be indicated by the fact that he has yet to write two books alike. A New Yorker by birth and schooling, he prepared himself for the writing trade by attending Kenyon College when its literary program under John Crowe Ransom was at full crest, going on t....[more]
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Nobuyoshi Araki was born on May 5, 1940 in Tokyo. He attended Chiba University in 1959, majoring in photography and cinema. Araki worked as an advertising photographer and began his independent work on films and photography. He is best known for the erotic nature of his works. In 1974, Araki founded a photo-workshop sc....[more]
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Paul Auster, 1947 - Poet and novelist Paul Auster was born on February 3, 1947 in Newark, New Jersey to Samuel and Queenie Auster. His uncle was the skilled translator Allen Mandelbaum. Auster began writing poetry as a teenager with guidance from his uncle. He attended Columbia University where he received an M.A. and ....[more]
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