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Lev Vygotsky

Soviet psychologist (1896–1934)

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Queen Noor of Jordan

Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist

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Jeff Kinney

American author and cartoonist (born 1971)

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E. L. James

British writer

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David Suzuki

Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist

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Patricia Cornwell

American novelist, journalist, biographer

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Ian Rankin

Scottish writer

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James Ellroy

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist (born 1948)

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Alain de Botton

Swiss-born British philosopher and writer

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Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)

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Sigurd

fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a British journalist and author. A columnist for The i Paper and the Evening Standard, she is a commentator on immigration, diversity, and multiculturalism issues.

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Mobeen Azhar

Mobeen Azhar is a British journalist, radio and television presenter, and filmmaker of Pakistani heritage. He produces investigative reports and films for the BBC exploring themes related to politics, true crime, extremism, counter terrorism and sexuality. He has presented and produced international documentaries for BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three.

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Ken McCallum

Sir Kenneth Douglas McCallum is a British intelligence officer who has been serving as the director general of MI5 since 2020.

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Alan Kohler

Alan Robert Kohler is an Australian financial journalist, television personality, and former newspaper editor. He is known for presenting the finance segment on the news on ABC Television, and as the founder of The Constant Investor, a former online subscription service for investors.

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Aaron Johnston (writer)

Aaron Johnston is an American author, comics writer, and film producer.

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Mariana van Zeller

Mariana van Zeller is a Portuguese-American journalist and correspondent for National Geographic Channel. She was the chief correspondent for Fusion, and is a former correspondent for the Vanguard documentary series on the former Current TV. She's a recipient of the Peabody Award and multiple News & Documentary Emmy Awards with Trafficked.

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Lin Carter

Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin. In the 1970s he was editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre.

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Bo Bryan

Bo Bryan is a Southern writer, novelist, best known for nonfiction, a regional bestseller SHAG, The Legendary Dance of the South. SHAG won awards for design and content. Bryan's novel, Bitsty Nickel Might Have AIDS, generated controversy in the early 1990s. The novel was optioned for film. Bryan abruptly departed the Southern literary scene in 1997. He is known to have produced a quantity of work since then but has published nothing in recent years.