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Born in 1912, culinary icon Julia Child revolutionized American cuisine by adapting fine French cooking techniques for the amateur home…

“Enchanted with organizing” since childhood, tidying expert and bestselling author Marie Kondo rose to fame when her first book, The…

After three decades of sketch comedy writing – including stints at Saturday Night Live, The Ben Stiller Show and cult…

Over a dazzling acting and singing career that’s spanned nearly eight decades, Dame Julie Andrews has been hailed for her…

In her stunning 2017 debut Her Body and Other Parties – a dreamlike collection of cryptic fairytales, blending beautiful prose…

Born in 1920s Harlem, James Baldwin broke literary ground with his candid exploration of racial, sexual and social issues in…

The multi-hyphenate Miranda July has been weaving together film, fiction, monologue, mixed media, and live performance art since her ’90s…

Best known for his legendary roles in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder‘s twinkly-eyed…

Political leader, voting rights activist and bestselling author Stacy Abrams made history in 2018 as the first Black woman to…

With the 1985 release of his Hugo and Nebula award-winning epic Ender’s Game, sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card cemented himself…