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Packer was born in California around 1960. [1] His parents taught at Stanford University: his mother, Nancy Packer (née Huddleston), was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in the Creative Writing Program and later professor of English, and his father, Herbert L. Packer, was a distinguished professor of law, and the author of numerous books and articles.
Lewis McDonald Grizzard Jr. (October 20, 1946 – March 20, 1994) was an American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much better known for his ...
Leonard Wood, A Biography (Volumes 1 & 2 - 1931) Edward Arlington Robinson, a Biography (1938) Sunward I've Climbed—The Story of John Magee, Poet and Soldier. Macmillan. 1942. ASIN B0007E0BQC. Prophet in the Wilderness: The Story of Albert Schweitzer (1947) The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill (1954) The Hyphenated Family: An American Saga ...
Leslie Stephen (En, 1832–1904) – Dictionary of National Biography, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift George Eliot and Thomas Hobbes; Jane Agnes Stewart (US, 1860–1944) — Frances Willard; Irving Stone (US, 1903–1989) Lytton Strachey (En, 1880–1932) – eminent Victorians
Joseph Michael Straczynski (/ s t r ə ˈ z ɪ n s k i /; [1] born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer.He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). [2]
He also collaborated with golfer Arnold Palmer on a biography entitled Arnold Palmer A Personal Journey published in 1994. Hauser is a keen follower of boxing and has written about the sport for numerous print publications such as the New York Times and The Ring and various websites such as The Sweet Science, [ 3 ] and Boxing Scene. [ 4 ]
Lewis came from a Welsh family and in later life identified – at least partially – as Welsh, but he was born at "Clifton" (which Lewis called a "quiet, rather dismal little house"), [3] 343, Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, Middlesex, a suburb of London, to pharmacist Richard George Lewis (d. 1936) and his wife Louise Charlotte (née Evans; d. 1950).
Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job.