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7 authors born in August and their essential books

Published: 8:20am, 17 Aug, 2020

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From writer and activist James Baldwin, who was exploring why Black Lives Matter in the 1960s, to ‘The Hunger Games’ creator Suzanne Collins, August is full of influential authors

‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ author and creator of Frankenstein, arguably the first ever science fiction story, are also August babies

Published: 8:20am, 17 Aug, 2020

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