Please answer this: Facts:   - death place: montecito , california    - notableworks: '' the people from heaven '' the old man 's place '' , ''    - birth name: julian lawrence shapiro    - death date: march 5 , 2003    - spouse: marguerite roberts      - pseudonym: john sanford , john b. sanford    - birth date: may 31 , 1904    - name: julian shapiro    - birth place: harlem   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john sanford -lrb- author -rrb- .
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Answer: john sanford or john b. sanford , born julian lawrence shapiro -lrb- may 31 , 1904 - march 5 , 2003 -rrb- , was an american screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books .the `` cambridge companion to jewish american literature '' describes him as , `` perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist . ''a one-time member of the communist party , after he and his wife marguerite roberts refused to testify to the house un-american activities committee , they were blacklisted and unable to work in hollywood for nearly a decade .sanford wrote half of his books after he was 80 .he published a 5-volume autobiography , for which he received a pen/faulkner award and the `` los angeles times '' lifetime achievement award .he left three unpublished novels and was writing up until a month before his death at 98 .


Please answer this: Facts:   - instrument: voice    - years active: 1997 -- present    - caption: gigi shibabaw    - birth name: ejigayehu shibabaw    - origin: chagni , ethiopia    - genre: ethiopian music      - birth date: 1974    - background: solo_singer    - label: palm pictures    - associated acts: tigist wayne shorter , henry threadgill , pharoah sanders , nicky shibabaw skopelitis , aiyb dieng , karsh kale , , herbie hancock , bill laswell ,    - occupation: singer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gigi -lrb- singer -rrb- .
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Answer: ejigayehu shibabaw , known by her stage name gigi , is one of the most successful contemporary ethiopian singers worldwide .she has brought the music of ethiopia to wider recognition and developed it in combination with a wide variety of other genres .


Please answer this: Facts:   - clubs: saint anselm hawks charleston battery portland timbers wilmington hammerheads    - caps: 52 66 10 12    - position: defender    - years: 1999 -- 2001 2005 -- 2007 2008 2009    - height: 6 2    - youthclubs: saint anselm hawks    - youthyears: 1999 -- 2001    - pcupdate: 11 october 2009      - birth date: 18 september 1980    - fullname: timothy karalexis    - name: tim karalexis    - birth place: weymouth , massachusetts , united states    - goals: 3 0 0 2   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tim karalexis .
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tim karalexis -lrb- born september 18 , 1980 in weymouth , massachusetts -rrb- is an american soccer player , currently without a club .