artists & writers

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Jacqueline Susann was the actress-turned-author who had three consecutive best-selling books, including Valley of the Dolls.

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Albrecht Dürer transformed art through his engravings, which he mass printed, spreading his name across Europe.

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Just before his death in 2005, notorious writer Hunter S Thompson wrote a short note to his new wife—and its contents were absolutely chilling.

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Coco Chanel is best known for her chic fashion designs, but her personal life also dripped with scandal. This is her unforgettable story.

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Ambrose Bierce was a major American writer whose disappearance in Mexico in 1913 is one of history's most enduring head-scratchers.

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Smashing into the art scene in the mid-1900s, Salvador Dalí ensured that artistic expression never looked the same—but he also had a penchant for controversy.



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