C.J. Skuse
C.J. SKUSE is the author of the Young Adult novels PRETTY BAD THINGS, ROCKOHOLIC and DEAD ROMANTIC (Chicken House), MONSTER and THE DEVIANTS (Mira Ink). She was born in 1980 in Weston-super-Mare, England. She has First Class degrees in Creative Writing and Writing for Children and, aside from writing novels lectures in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. C.J. is currently working on adult novel SWEETPEA for HQ/HarperCollins (out April 2017).
C.J. loves Masterchef, Gummy Bears and murder sites. She hates carnivals, hard-boiled eggs and coughing. The movies Titanic, My Best Friend's Wedding and Ruby Sparks were all probably based on her ideas; she just didn't get to write them down in time. Before she dies, she would like to go to
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Ma Văn Kháng
Nhà Văn MA VĂN KHÁNG
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• Ma Văn Kháng tên thật là Đinh Trọng Đoàn, người Kinh, Sinh ngày l tháng 12 năm 1936. Quê gốc: phường Kim Liên, quận Đống Đa, thành phố Hà Nội Hiện ở quận Ba Đình, Hà Nội. Đảng viên Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam. Hội viên Hội Nhà Văn Việt Nam (1974).
Vài nét về quá trình học tập, công tác :
Năm 1948: Đội viên Đội Truyền bá vệ sinh Cục Quân y.
1949: Học sinh Trường Thiếu Sinh Quân, Bộ Quốc Phòng.
1952-54: Học sinh Trường Sư pham Khu học xá Trung Ương (Nam Ninh - Quảng Tây- Trung Quốc).
1955-59: Hiệu trưởng Trường Cấp II Thị xã Lào Cai.
1960-63: Sinh Viên Đại học Sư Phạm Hà Nội.
1963: Hiệu trưởng Trường Phổ thông Cấp III Thị xã Lào Cai.
1968: Thư ký của Bí thư tỉnh ủy Lào Cai.
1970-76: Phó Tổng biên tập Báo Lào Cai- cơ quan của Tỉnh đ -
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