Aphra Behn, possibly the first Englishwoman to make a career of writing, was born on this day in 1640
	Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past aka In Search of Lost Time) was born on this day in 1871
	John Wyndham (The Chrysalids) was born on this day in 1903
	Jean Kerr (Please Don't Eat the Daisies) was born on this day in 1922
	Alice Munro (Lives of Girls and Women)was born on this day in 1931
	Former MI5 agent Peter Wright's memoir Spycatcher was published on this day in 1987 in the U. S. This book was instantly banned in the U.K., and became a bestseller everywhere else.