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Also Known As	Dame Margaret Drabble
Born	June 5, 1939 (age 85) • Sheffield • England
Notable Works	“A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman” • “A Summer Bird-Cage” • “The Dark Flood Rises” • “The Millstone” • “The Needle’s Eye” • “The Peppered Moth” • “The Pure Gold Baby” • “The Radiant Way” • “The Sea Lady”
Notable Family Members	spouse Michael Holroyd • sister A. S. Byatt

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A.A. Milne

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain

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Jeanette Winterson

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John Wain

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Daphne du Maurier

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The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Martin Amis

Martin Amis

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Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor, author, and director

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

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Alan Garner

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Penelope Lively

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Frederick Forsyth

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Rumer Godden

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Rendell, Ruth

Ruth Rendell

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