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Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College. Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children's literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970) , The Handmaid's Tale (1983) , The Robber Bride (1994) , Alias Grace (1996)...
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Nancy Pearl
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From Nancy: My lust for books and reading began when I was a very young child, and has continued unabated for lo, these many many years. Every time I open a new book to read, it's like embarking on a voyage to an unexplored place that just might be filled with wonder and excitement.The books I love most tend to have three-dimensional characters and be very well-written (although that definition is fluid) . I read everything - mysteries, non-fiction (especially history, memoirs, and current events) , literary fiction, science fiction and fantasy, andchildren's books (lots and lots, for my upcoming book,...
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