F. Marion Crawford
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Francis Marion Crawford (2 August 1854 - 9 April 1909) was an American novelist and short-story writer, born in Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany, the son of the sculptor Thomas Crawford and nephew of the poet Julia Ward Howe. He studied in the United States, England, Germany and Italy, then went to India in 1879 to study Sanskrit. His first novel, Mr Isaacs, appeared in 1882. He settled permanently in Italy in 1883 and later lived at Sant'Agnello near Sorrento, where he died. He is known for novels set in Italy, especially the Saracinesca series, for historical novels such as Corleone and Marietta, and for supernatural stories such as The Upper Berth and The Screaming Skull. His own favourite among his works was Khaled, a fantasy about a genie who becomes human.
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- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #652 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.89
- Award recognitions: None recorded
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- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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