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James Baldwin: A Biography, was an excellent chronology of Baldwin’s life and struggles as a writer and a critically conscious being (a black man) in the United States. Baldwin, controversial, yes, but a literary giant and magnificent storyteller of the American saga, and one of the most insightful critics, and a veritable prophet regarding.

Garth Stein is a New York Times bestselling American writer and movie producer from Seattle, Washington, who is famous for writing historical, gothic, comic-of-age novels, and ghost stories. He is widely known for writing the bestselling book, The Art of Dancing in the Rain.

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Tom Palmer writes children's books about history and sport. He has written three series for Puffin Books - Football Academy (7+), Foul Play (9+) and The Squad (9+) - and several books for Barrington Stoke, including Armistice Runner and After the War, both of which have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

Ransom Riggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children novels. Riggs was born on a farm in Maryland and grew up in southern Florida. He studied literature at Kenyon College and film at the University of Southern California.

Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and a dozen suspense novels, including Exact Revenge and Kingdom Come.

George Sand, French Romantic writer known primarily for her so-called rustic novels. Her notable works included Valentine (), Leila (), La Mare au diable (), Francois le Champi (), and La Petite Fadette (). Learn more about Sand’s life and work.

Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents.

Mark Matousek is the author of two acclaimed memoirs, the international bestseller Sex Death Enlightenment and The Boy He Left Behind, as well as When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living; Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life; and Writing to Awaken.

Doing an author study on a picture book author/illustrator like Patricia Polacco is one way to help improve students’ visual literacy.) After taking questions from students about the author study, tell them you’re going to begin reading aloud the first of the five focus books for the study.

For years, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald has avoided cameras while she tries to live a quiet life in Rockwall, northeast of Dallas. Marina and Lee Oswald had two children, Rachel and June. After her husband was killed, Marina married Kenneth Porter.

Sultana Kamal is a popular Bangladeshi lawyer, public figure, and former adviser of the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh. She is widely known as the Executive Director of Ain of Salish Kendra, a civil right organization.