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Also Known As	Jean Marie Untinen
Born	February 18, 1936 (age 89) • Chicago • Illinois
Notable Works	“The Clan of the Cave Bear” • “The Land of Painted Caves” • “The Mammoth Hunters” • “The Plains of Passage” • “The Shelters of Stone”

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