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Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is a pop culture American Journalist.  Klosterman was once a senior writer for Spin magazine and had a column titled “My Back Pages”.  In 2006 it was reported that Klosterman left Spin after the magazine was sold.  He still regularly contributes as a featured columnist for Esquire magazine.  In addition, he has written for GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and The Washington Post.  He has authored a number of books including Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota and Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story. 

Klosterman was raised on a farm in North Dakota.  He graduated from the University Of North Dakota in 1994.  Following graduation he pursued a career in journalism in Fargo, North Dakota and later became an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio before moving to New York City in 2002. 

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Chuck Palahniuk

Website: http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/

Chuck Palahniuk is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist.  He is best known for his award-winning novel Fight Club which was adapted into a movie starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt.  Some of his other novels include Lullaby, Rant and Choke, have made the New York Times Bestsellers list. 

Palahniuk was born on February 21, 1962 in Pasco Washington.  He grew up living with his family in a trailer park; however, his parents eventually divorced sending him and his three siblings to live his grandparents.  Chuck Palahniuk went on to attend the University of Oregon where he studied journalism.  Upon graduation, he wrote for the local newspaper and eventually quit his job to become a full time fiction writer.

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Dr. Seuss

Website: http://www.seussville.com/

Dr. Seuss born Theodor Seuss Geisel is was a renowned American author and cartoonist.  He is best known for penning classic children’s books such as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  Among Dr. Seuss’ trademarks are his colorful illustration, unique rhyming text, and memorable yet, outlandish characters.

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield Massachusetts.  He later went on to the attend Dartmouth College where he wrote for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, a college humor magazine.  Later on Geisel met his future wife Helen Palmer while pursuing a Ph. D in literature at Oxford.  He died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87.

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J.D. Robb

Website: http://www.noraroberts.com/

Blog: http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A2TY9OY7ZP5XIM

Nora Roberts is a bestselling American author who has penned about 150 romance novels.  She writes her “In Death” series under the pseudonym J.D. Robb.  As of 2006, Roberts's novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot.  She was the first writer to be inducted into Romance Novels of America Hall of Fame.  Her novels have been published in 35 countries.

Born in Silver Springs, Maryland, Nora Roberts was the only daughter and the youngest of five children.  She lived in a family of avid readers and consequently books were a very important aspect in her life.  In 1968 she married Ronald Aufem-Brinke shortly after graduating from high school and had two sons named Dan and Jason.  In 1985 she married her second husband and now they both reside in Maryland.

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Robert B. Parker

Website: http://www.robertbparker.net/

Blog: http://robertbparker.typepad.com/robertbparker/

Robert B. Parker is an acclaimed American author of detective fiction.  Most of his work concerns aspects about human nature and he often integrates specific details about the Boston metropolitan area.  His most renowned works are the Spenser series.  In the 1980s ABC picked up the rights to the Spenser series and turned it into a television series called Spenser: for Hire.

Robert B. Parker grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts and then went on to attend Colby College.  He married his wife Joan in 1956 and they have two sons.  Robert Parker earned his Ph. D in English literature at Boston University in 1971.  He eventually became a full time professor at Northeastern University.   He and his wife current reside in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Clayton Christensen

Website: http://www.claytonchristensen.com/

Clayton Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups.  His first book, The Innovator’s Dilemma discusses his theory of disruptive theory. 

Clayton Christensen holds his B.A. with highest honors at Bingham Young University.  He later became a Rhodes Scholar in 1977 studying econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries.  He eventually earned his MBA at Harvard Business School.

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Clive Cussler

Website: Clive Cussler's website

Clive Cussler is an American adventure novelist and successful marine archeologist.   He has had more than 17 consecutive titles reach the New York Times fiction bestseller list.  He began writing 1964 and his first two novels, The Mediterranean Caper and Iceberg were typical maritime thrillers; however, his third book titled Raise the Titanic! established his literary reputation.  In 2005 Paramount pictures released the film adapted version of Sahara, starring Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, Penelope Cruz, and Steve Zahn.

Born in Illinois, Cussler was raised in California.  He attended Pasadena City college and after two years enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War. In 1955 He married Barbara Knight and they remained married until her death in 2003.  Together they had three children named Teri, Dirk and Dana. Cussler is a member of the Explorer’s Club of New York, The Royal Geographic Society, and the American Society of Oceanographers.   

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