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Born in Maryland in 1955, Barbara Kingsolver is a novelist, essayist, poet and political activist celebrated for poignant work that…

Born in Richmond, Virginia to first-generation Taiwanese parents, actress Constance Wu caught her breakthrough role in 2015, when she was…

Though Emily Ratajkowski initially declined the offer to appear topless in Robin Thicke’s infamous “Blurred Lines” music video, the starring…

A household name since the ’90s, lifestyle maven Martha Stewart grew a gourmet catering company (first inspired by Julia Child’s…

English food writer and TV personality Nigella Lawson is the bestselling author of thirteen cookery books – including How To Eat,…

Ever since publishing his controversial 1985 debut novel Less Than Zero at the age of 21, Bret Easton Ellis has…

Since first lighting up the screens of mumblecore cinema with her charmingly natural stage presence, actress Greta Gerwig has gone…

When Carrie Fisher passed away in 2016 at the age of 60, she was remembered as far more than her…

Reflecting on her life as a “pathological reader” in 2014, award-winning author Zadie Smith wrote: “I don’t really get the appeal of…