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This week in book history

July 1

George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin), French author born in 1804

July 2

Hermann Hesse, German author born in 1877

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is published in 1998

July 3

Franz Kafka, Czech author born in 1883

July 4

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author born in 1804

Abigail van Buren and Ann Landers, American twins who both became advice columnists, born in 1918

Neil Simon, American playwright born in 1927

The first edition of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” is published in 1855

Lewis Carroll creates the tale of Alice in Wonderland on a boat trip in 1862

July 5

Meredith Ann Pierce, American fantasy author born in 1958

July 6

Bessie Head, Botswana’s most influential author, born in 1937

July 7

Helene Johnson, American poet during the Harlem Renaissance, born in 1907

Robert Heinlein, American science fiction author born in 1907

Yvonne Mitchell, British author, playwright and actress best known for her biography of Colette, born in 1925

David Eddings, American science fiction author born in 1931

Jeff VanderMeer, American author born in 1968

Thursday, April 9, 2009