Quote of the day
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
Helen DeWitt

Born: 1957 (age 68)
Bio: Helen DeWitt is a novelist. She is the author of the novels The Last Samurai and Lightning Rods, and in collaboration with the Australian journalist Ilya Gridneff has written Your Name Here. She lives in Berlin.
Known for:
- The Last Samurai (2000)
- Lightning Rods (2011)
- Cinema and Revolution (2013)
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