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  Author Judy Blume diagnosed with breast cancer

  World | September 06, 2012 12:51 IST

  New York, Sept 6 : Children's author Judy Blume says she was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer but is "feeling stronger every day" after surgery.The 74-year-old Blume wrote on her blog Wednesday that

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  Author of tell-all book on Osama raid faces death threats

  World | August 25, 2012 20:39 IST

  New York, Aug 25: A former Navy SEAL, who has written a tell-all insider account of the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, faces threats to his life as well as

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  Celebrated author Gore Vidal dead

  World | August 01, 2012 13:57 IST

  Los Angeles,  Aug 1: Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86, his nephew said

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  Rushdie Targets Congress

  India | March 18, 2012 7:34 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 18: In India two months after being forced to skip Jaipur Literary Festival, controversial author Salman Rushdie on Saturday hit out a Congress, suggesting that his presence there was blocked because of

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  Rushdie Breaks Silence On Twitter But No Comment On India Trip

  India | January 19, 2012 21:48 IST

  New York, Jan 19: After days of silence, India-born author Salman Rushdie is back on Twitter but has not tweeted a single word on his appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival which remains in limbo.In

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  Strauss-Kahn Admits Making Pass At Author, Denies Rape

  World | September 16, 2011 22:17 IST

  Paris, Sept 16: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he made a pass at a young author in 2003 but denied her claim that he tried to rape her, a source close to the

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  Gandhi Book Based On Letters In Archives, Says Writer

  World | April 03, 2011 18:49 IST

  London, Apr 3: Pulitzer prize-winning author Jeseph Lelyveld, writer of a new book on Mahatma Gandhi that has generated a controversy in India, says that his work is “not sensationalist”, and is based on material

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  Author Raymond Chandler, Wife Reunited After Death

  World | February 15, 2011 17:19 IST

  San Diego, Feb 14: Author Raymond Chandler's wish to spend eternity alongside his beloved wife was fulfilled Monday after her remains were buried over his casket in a Valentine's Day ceremony in San Diego.More than

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  Harry Potter Author Saved Luna Lovegood From Anorexia

  Hollywood | November 22, 2010 22:10 IST

  London: Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch has revealed how the books' author saved her from anorexia.  The Irish actress had the deadly eating disorder for two years from 11 and wrote to J K Rowling