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Discover books where the author's background brings authenticity and depth.
George Harrison (1943-2001)
guitarist, singer, actor, horticulturist, film producer, composer, autobiographer, poet, record producer, film score composer, film actor, bass guitarist, musician, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist
Stephen Fry (born 1957)
actor, comedian, television presenter, autobiographer, director, television actor, stage actor, film actor, journalist, film director, improviser, performing artist, narrator
Alison Bechdel (born 1960)
cartoonist, comics artist
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
painter, playwright, film director, poet, actor, illustrator, librettist, voice actor, postage stamp designer, designer, photographer, composer, jewelry designer, ceramicist, director
![Two screenplays: The blood of a poet [and] The testament of Orpheus](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7099262-M.jpg)
Tove Jansson (1914-2001)
painter, illustrator, cartoonist
![Moomin's Little Book Of Numbers [Aug 24, 2010] Jansson, Tove](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13321316-M.jpg)
Patti Smith (born 1946)
poet, visual artist, human rights activist, guitarist, singer, composer, musician, drawer, photographer, performance artist, recording artist, rock singer, rock musician, film director
![[Trois]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13275964-M.jpg)
Tillie Walden (born 1996)
comics artist, caricaturist, illustrator, comics creator
Kesha (born 1987)
singer, rapper, actor, recording artist, composer, animal rights advocate, film director, designer
