Bill James, baseball statistician and writer and Boston Red Sox adviser

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In 1977, while employed at a pork-and-beans plant, the baseball pundit Bill James, born on October 5, 1949, self-published 'The Baseball Abstract', a photocopied, treatise on the game. Within few years James' annual abstract had become an unlikely best seller, and over time his approach to baseball caught on not only with readers but also with players, coaches, and officials making him perhaps one of the most influential baseball writers.

James, Bill (American baseball executive)

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Andrea Lee, writer

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Andrea Lee, the African-American writer crafted stories about women's relationships. She continues her career as a reputed short-story writer.

Lee, Andrea (American nurse)

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Ian Rankin, writer of crime fiction

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Scottish crime fiction writer, Ian Rankin, credits fiction with giving a structure to the world that is not always seen in real life.

Scotland, Biography, Rankin, Ian

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