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  • John  Lanchester
    John Lanchester
    John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He grew up in the Far East, but was educated in England. A former editor at the publishers Penguin, he is a member of the editorial board of the London ...

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  • Ali  Land
    Ali Land
    Ali Land graduated from university with a degree in Mental Health and spent a decade working as a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse; the way in which children survive extraordinary ...

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  • Stephanie Land
    Stephanie Land is the author of the New York Times bestseller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, called "a testimony…worth listening to," by the New York Times and ...

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  • Alexis Landau
    Alexis Landau is a graduate of Vassar College and received an MFA from Emerson College and a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. She is the ...

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  • David Landau
    David Landau immigrated to Israel from the United Kingdom as a young man. His career in journalism began in 1970 at The Jerusalem Post, and he joined Haaretz in 1993 as news editor. He founded of ...

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  • William  Landay
    William Landay
    William Landay's latest novel is the New York Times bestseller Defending Jacob. His previous novels are Mission Flats, which won the Dagger Award as best debut crime novel of 2003, and The ...

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  • Tanya Landman
    Tanya Landman is the Carnegie Medal–winning author of a number of historical novels for young adults, including The Goldsmith's Daughter and I Am Apache, in which she explores the lives of ...

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  • Alex  Landragin
    Alex Landragin
    Alex Landragin is a French-Armenian-Australian writer. Currently based in Melbourne, Australia, he has also resided in Paris, Marseille, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Charlottesville. He has previously...

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