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J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in Gloucestershire, U. K. on July 31, 1965. Rowling attended Tutshill Primary and then went on to Wyedean Comprehensive where she was made Head Girl in her final year. She received a degree in French from Exeter University. She later took some teaching classes at Moray House Tea....[more]
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He was a reporter for the Washington Post from 1987 to 1996, working first as a science writer & then as New York City bureau chief. Since 1996, he has been a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer is a psychosexual therapist who pioneered the field of media therapy. She teaches at Yale University, where she is a fellow at Calhoun College, and Princeton University, where she is a fellow at Butler College. She is also an adjunct professor at NYU and a fellow of the New York Academy of Medici....[more]
It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more]
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Nicholas Sparks, December 31, 1965 - Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on New Year's Eve, about eighty minutes prior to 1966. As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. His father was a professor and his mother wa....[more]
Simon Cann is a writer based in London. He is the author of a range of music-related and business-related books, including How to Make a Noise, Made it in China, and Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User. Before turning his attention to full-time writing, he spent over 15 years as a management consultant....[more]
Joyce Graham Fogwill is a retired science teacher with graduate degrees in Botany and Science Education. She continues her interest in Science Education and Nature photography.
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Judy Blume is considered one of the world's best-known writers for young adults. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1938. She earned a degree in education. Blume has written over 20 books. Titles such as "Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret", "Then Again, Maybe I Won't", and "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" ar....[more]
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Ray Bradbury, author of more than 500 stories, poems, essays, plays, films, television plays, radio, music, and comic books, was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. Twice during his childhood, Bradbury moved with his family to Arizona, returning to the midwest both times before settling permanently in Los A....[more]
Michael Gurian is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty five books in twenty one languages and co-founder of the Gurian Institute, which conducts research, launches pilot programs, and trains professionals. He has pioneered efforts to bring neuro-biology and brain research into homes, schools, corporations, a....[more]
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Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a cente....[more]
For many of us, writing is addictive. In 1960, I worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana -- The Journal Gazette -- for six months, during a break from college. I liked writing both regular news and feature stories but journalism was not my field. Rather, it was the law. My true passion ....[more]
The author has spent more than twenty years of her life as a classroom teacher and still considers teaching an "awesome" endeavor. She did not start out in her professional life as a teacher. However, at the age of 31, she entered the classroom. She has degrees in urban planning, public administration, and education.....[more]
James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the California State University at San Bernardino, where he directs the Learning Research Institute. Kaufman’s research broadly focuses on nurturing and encouraging creativity. He is specifically interested in creativity’s role in fairness; everyday ....[more]
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