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Jeffrey Archer
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Jeffrey Archer is one of the world's bestselling authors, with sales of over 275 million copies in 97 countries, and is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (twenty times) , short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries) . He was born in London, and brought up in the West Country. He gained a Blue in Athletics at Oxford, was President of the University Athletics Club, and went on to run the 100 yards in 9.6 seconds for Great Britain in 1966. Jeffrey has served five years in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament, and twenty-nine years as a Member...
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Jamaica Kincaid
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Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda) . She lives in North Bennington, Vermont (in the United States) , during the summers, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University during the academic year.
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