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This week's featured author pages

Sun Tzu (500 - 320) -- Sun Tzu is the name given to the authors of the famous treatise The Art of War

Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593) -- English playwright

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) -- early 19th century novelist whose works are remebered for their wit and social satire.

Kate Chopin (1850 - 1904) -- American writer, whose most famous novel, The Awakening, is remembered for its feminist themes

Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883) -- Russian novelist and playwright; leading stylist in the genre