Birthday: Masters of artifice, on stage and in court

Sir Alan Ayckbourn, CBE (b. 1939)

Actor, director, playwright, author

Master of English regional theater; author of 79 plays since 1958, including

The Norman Conquests (1973):

Table Manners

Round and Round the Garden

Living Together

Related Sites

Alan Ayckbourn's Official Website

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Scott Turow (b. 1949)

Attorney, author of a dozen books, 

including Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof

President, The Author's Guild, 1997-98, 2010- 

Related sites:

Scott Turow website