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Frank Herbert

American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk

Natalia Ginzburg

Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy

Henry Glassie

Henry Glassie, (born 24 March 1941) College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington, has done fieldwork on five continents and written books on the full range of folkloristic interest, from drama, song, and story to craft, art, and architecture. Three of his books — Passing the Time in Ballymenone, The Spirit of Folk Art, and …

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Ulysses S. Grant

American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction

Lucy Grealy

Irish-American poet and memoirist who wrote Autobiography of a Face in 1994. This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood and early adolescent experience with cancer of the jaw, which left her with some facial disfigurement