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Muriel Spark was born Muriel Sarah Camberg on February 1, 1918. In 1937 she married Sidney Oswald Spark and moved to Rhodesia, they had a son Robin. In 1940, Spark left her husband and son and returned to Great Britain.

In 1947, Spark became the editor of the Poetry review. Her first novel, The Comforters, was published in 1957. Her most successful work was The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie which was published in 1961; it went on to be a very popular film in the late 60s. Her last novel was The Finishing School, published in 2004.

Muriel Spark died on April 13, 2006.

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. Stevenson did earn a law degree but never practiced law. He preferred to travel and write instead. In 1880, Stevenson married Fanny Osbourne. He treated her son Lloyd as his own. In 1877, Stevenson’s first short story, A Lodging for the Night was published in the collection New Arabian Nights. In 1883, Treasure Island was published and was his first success. His other well known works, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped were published in 1886. His last work, St. Ives: being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England was unfinished at the time of his death.

Stevenson died on December 3, 1894 in Samoa. He died of lung disease which he had suffered from through most of his life.

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