Jean Auel

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Jean Auel

American author

Also known as: Jean Marie Untinen

Written by Joan Hibler

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Née:: Jean Marie Untinen

Born:: February 18, 1936, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (age 88)

Notable Works:: “The Clan of the Cave Bear”; “The Land of Painted Caves”; “The Mammoth Hunters”; “The Plains of Passage”; “The Shelters of Stone”

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Jean Auel (born February 18, 1936, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American novelist who was best known for her Earth’s Children series, which centres on Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons in prehistoric Europe. Untinen grew up in Chicago, and right after high-school graduation, she married Ray Auel. She and her husband moved to Oregon, where she had five children and continued her education. She attended Portland State University and in 1976 received a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Portland. In 1977 Auel decided to write a short story about the social interactions of a Cro-Magnon woman with a ...(100 of 349 words)

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