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Margaret Doody
He graduated from English Literature at Oxford University. He has been a teacher at several universities, running comparative literature courses at th...
Yann Martel
Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain. Son of Nicole Perron and Emile Martel, French-Canadian. His father was appointed as a diplo...
Alice Munro
Canadian narrator, especially of stories. It is considered one of the most prominent writers in English today. In 2013 he was awarded the Nobel Prize ...
Louise Penny
Canadian writer, author of the saga of which Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is the protagonist, set in the Québec.