Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor and professor. Her novels are famous for their epic themes, vivid dialogue and richly detailed black characters.

 

Sidney Sheldon, famous American screenwriter and novelist. His first novel The Naked Face which earned him the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writer's of America.

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Purple Prince of Oz

The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) is the twenty-sixth of the Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and the twelfth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill.

While visiting the neighboring kingdom of Pumperdink, Prince Randy of the Purple Mountains criticizes the king's grapes, claiming they are sour. Randy is sentenced to be "dipped", but Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant makes him his attendant instead. Later, the royal family disappears and Randy and Kabumpo must save the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2010 nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa
2010 - Mario Vargas Llosa
1901 nobel prize winner Sully Prudhomme
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1938 - Pearl Buck 		2007 nobel prize winner Doris Lessing
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