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This week's featured author pages

Seneca (4 - 65) -- Roman statesman, tragic poet, and Stoic philosopher; one of the leading writers in the Silver Age of Latin literature

Edna Ferber (1887 - 1968) -- American writer, remembered for her depictions of early 20th century life

Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875) -- English clergyman, novelist

Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) -- English philosopher who founded utilitarianism and wrote extensively on the philosophy of law, economics, and politics

Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) -- prolific English novelist and journalist