When was the author of "The Miniaturist" born?
b0b48119d8eeb9ec2153bcc9dc3c34c3
The Miniaturist The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actress and author Jessie Burton. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. Set in Amsterdam in 1686/7, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum. It does not otherwise attempt to be a biographical novel.
191fe7ea58507de836a003e3ede975ab
Jessie Burton Jessie Burton (born 1982) is an English author and actress. As of February 2017 she has published two novels, "The Miniaturist" and "The Muse".
92061d230bdc948c29b3d740096ff8f2
Marcel van Cleemput Marcel van Cleemput (2 May 1926 – 15 March 2013) often known as Mr. Corgi was a French toy designer and author who worked mainly in England. He won the Toy of the Year award in 1965.
a2fa3de0e724f5f060a816982fd8dcba
Cesare Maestri Cesare Maestri (born 2 October 1929) is an Italian mountaineer and writer.
c45e56218db524d21da557c1794d1344
Anne Fine Anne Fine, OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer, best known for children's books although she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.
eb2b0cfe3e7858f7ac6a5c3a7f9d5d9b
Marc Seifer Marc Jeffrey Seifer (born 17 February 1948) is an American author who has published books on handwriting analysis (Graphology), human consciousness and the mind, biographies of the inventor Nikola Tesla, and several works of fiction.
d6b5a0b1759f1c1b5db8714bba3f401f
William Plomer William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE (he pronounced the surname as "ploomer") (10 December 1903 – 21 September 1973) was a South African and British author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor.
0e18042718498e51867b35ae1a9a3b0b
James Gleick James Gleick ( ; born August 1, 1954) is an American author and historian of science whose work has chronicled the cultural impact of modern technology. Recognized for his writing about complex subjects through the techniques of narrative nonfiction, he has been called "one of the great science writers of all time".
b8260fe1fa4be4c5d761a6ede40fc34b
Bevis Hillier Bevis Hillier (born 28 March 1940) is an English art historian, author and journalist. He has written on Art Deco, and also a biography of Sir John Betjeman.
e47be1fa1226df2c5c37e0912d2f3a4c
Randal Keynes Randal Hume Keynes, OBE, FLS ( ; born 29 July 1948) is a British conservationist, author, and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.
928a14d92ec2224ea971c30fba51b949
Edwin Charles Tubb Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: "Dumarest of Terra"), an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. Michael Moorcock wrote, "His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain."
d514d13f89d11eac0a997e7a7654b10c
Gideon Joubert Gideon Joubert (4 September 1923 – 27 October 2010) was a South African writer and journalist (at Die Burger) who was known for his Intelligent Design-opinions, especially present in his book, Die Groot Gedagte, which was his biggest success.
5a2bc5479ff64ae0e1350737447c7260
E. O. Wilson Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929), usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is the world's leading expert.
e540ef425287f8228ae70b1c6276fd24
Scott Adams Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the "Dilbert" comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation.
713a8662c7a431256b3e220c19ae9362
Elise Harmon Elise Frances Harmon "(née" Harmon; 3 September 1909 in Mount Enterprise, Texas – 6 March 1985 in Santa Clara County, California) was an American physicist, chemist, and influential contributor to the miniaturization of computers.
657fbec7a408585569ef8d9448e36712
Mary Gentle Mary Rosalyn Gentle (born 29 March 1956) is a UK science fiction and fantasy author.
73688a53ce6ab70e37c8a1accdbbad66
Graham Short Graham Short, (born 4 July 1946) is a micro-artist, living and working in Birmingham, England. Known for producing miniature pieces of art, he is considered one of the world's leading exponents of micro-art.
f1543b43b9fdbf73b3d360a4f6a8d200
Matthew Fort Matthew Fort (born 29 January 1947) is a British food writer and critic.
f88e421d587ac9bc85f2f113cf3601d4
Edward Hoagland Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932) is an American author best known for his nature and travel writing.
8744ed800897bb5c8d9c8359ef3fb933
Richard Miniter Richard Miniter (born 1967) is an investigative journalist and author whose articles have appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Times", "The Washington Post", "The Wall Street Journal", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Newsweek", "The New Republic", "National Review", PJ Media, and "Reader’s Digest". A former editorial writer and columnist for "The Wall Street Journal" in Europe, as well as a member of the investigative reporting team of the "Sunday Times" of London, he is currently the National Security columnist for "Forbes". He also authored three "New York Times" best-selling books, "Losing bin Laden", "Shadow War", "Leading From Behind", and most recently "Eyes On Target". In April 2014, Miniter was included by CSPAN's Brian Lamb in his book "Sundays At Eight", as one of Lamb's top 40 book author interviews of the past 25 years for Miniter's investigative work on 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
0e1c75a81d8165fa8f884a7d3c812b63
Bill Bryson William McGuire "Bill" Bryson {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born December 8, 1951) is a best-selling Anglo-American author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other non-fiction topics. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the United States between 1995 and 2003. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
0c6bc940ccc118569e2d72867735adcd
Friedrich Theodor Vischer Friedrich Theodor Vischer (] ; 30 June 1807 – 14 September 1887) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer on the philosophy of art. Today, he is mainly remembered as the author of the novel "", in which he developed the concept of "Die Tücke des Objekts" (the spite of objects), a comic theory that inanimate objects conspire against humans.