Rose Tremain

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Born	August 2, 1943 (age 81) • London • England
Awards And Honors	Costa Book Awards (1999)
Notable Works	“Evangelista’s Fan & Other Stories” • “Islands of Mercy” • “Journey to the Volcano” • “Letter to Sister Benedicta” • “Music & Silence” • “Restoration” • “Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life” • “Sacred Country” • “Sadler’s Birthday” • “The Colour” • “The Cupboard” • “The Darkness of Wallis Simpson and Other Stories” • “The Gustav Sonata” • “The Road Home” • “The Way I Found Her”

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Rudyard Kipling

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A.A. Milne

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Daphne du Maurier

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Jeanette Winterson

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John Wain

British critic and writer

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Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

British author

Novelist Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark

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Frederick Forsyth

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J.I.M. Stewart

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Aldiss, Brian W.

Brian W. Aldiss

English author

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

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Noël Coward

Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Sir Angus Wilson

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Sillitoe, Alan

Alan Sillitoe

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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