Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite. — Beverly Cleary
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Beverly Cleary : American Author
Born: April 12, 1916
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