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Also Known As Angela Olive Stalkler
Born May 7, 1940 • Eastbourne • England
Died February 16, 1992 (aged 51) • London • England
Notable Works “The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories”
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell
British actress and director
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
British writer
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British author
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan
British author
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
David Mitchell
English author
Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
David Storey
British writer
Elizabeth Jane Howard
British author
P.G. Wodehouse, 1945.
P.G. Wodehouse
British author
Sillitoe, Alan
Alan Sillitoe
British writer
Michael Frayn
British author and translator
Emeric Pressburger
British writer
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born American author

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