What year was the author of The Finkler Question born?
1942
Title: Jeanette Windle
Passage: As child of missionary parents, award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in the rural villages, jungles, and mountains of Colombia, now guerrilla hot zones.  Her detailed research and writing is so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her to determine if she has received classified information.  Currently based in Lancaster, PA, Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled in more than thirty on five continents.  Those experiences have birthed 16 international intrigue titles, including bestselling Tyndale House Publishers release Veiled Freedom, a 2010 ECPA Christian Book Award and Christy Award finalist, sequel Freedom's Stand, a 2012 ECPA Christian Book Award and Carol Award finalist and 2011 Golden Scroll Novel of the Year finalist.  Her latest novel Congo Dawn was named 2013 Golden Scroll Novel of the Year.
Title: Cornealious Michael Anderson III
Passage: Cornealious Michael "Mike" Anderson III (born c. 1977) was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years in the Missouri state prison system.  Shortly after his conviction he was released on bail pending the outcome of an appeal of his conviction.  In May 2002, his appeal was rejected but, due to a clerical error, his bond was not revoked when a warrant was issued for his arrest.  It was unclear why he was not arrested and imprisoned to serve his 13-year sentence, but, apparently due to clerical errors and miscommunication, the Missouri Department of Corrections thought he was already in prison.  The error was only discovered when he was scheduled to be released from prison in 2013.  On July 25, 2013 he was arrested and required to serve his 13-year sentence.  The case stirred controversy when investigative articles were written by Jessica Lussenhop in the "Riverfront Times" newspaper and when his case was covered nationally in the United States in an episode of "This American Life".  By April 2014, his case began receiving extensive national and international attention.  These articles and episode raised the question of whether he should be returned to prison 13 years after his conviction especially since the victim of his crime did not believe he should be in prison.  Anderson's attorney filed several appeals and petitions for his release from prison, and on May 5, 2014 Anderson was released from prison.  In 2014, he was arrested for another crime, but subsequent videotape evidence showed that he could not have committed the crime and charges were dropped with an apology by Circuit Attorney Jennifer M. Joyce.
Title: Brad Palmer
Passage: Brad Donald Palmer (born September 14, 1961 in Duncan, British Columbia and raised in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player.  He was selected by the Minnesota North Stars with the 16th pick in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.  He played two seasons with the North Stars and then played one year with the Boston Bruins.  In 1981, WHL Memorial Cup Participant Victoria Cougars represented the West while in the same year season, the NHL Minnesota North Stars became finalists playing the powerful NY Islanders for the Stanley Cup.  The Cougars had a very strong team with the likes of Grant Fuhr, Barry Pederson, Paul Cyr, & Geoff Courtnall to name a few, but came up short at the tournament as a number of these players including Brad Palmer had been brought up their respective NHL club for the playoff run.  Although, the North Stars were without question the underdogs their play and lineup of youngsters knocked off the mighty Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals.  Previous, to that season the rookie record for goals scored in the playoffs was 6.  Dino Ciccarelli finished the dramatic Stanley Cup run with 14, while Brad Palmer scored 8 goals.
Title: Stefanie DeLeo
Passage: Stefanie DeLeo (born April 22, 1982) is an American author and playwright known primarily for her published play on autism, "Worth a Thousand Words" published in 2010 through JAC NEED Publishers.  In September of 2017, she was published in the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable edition.  She is also the author of Cry My Safari and the comedic play Answer the Question, Iris and a contributing author to an SAT Prep book.  Additionally, she has been a guest blogger on Melibee Global, reflecting on her time abroad.  Stefanie is also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer having lived and worked in South African town of Kuruman for two and a half years, where she is listed as a notable resident.
Title: Howard Jacobson
Passage: Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist.  He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.  He is a Man Booker Prize winner.
Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Passage: The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim.  It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge.  A friar who has witnessed the accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.  The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year.
Title: The Finkler Question
Passage: The Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson.  The novel won the Man Booker Prize.
Title: Matthew Lesko
Passage: Matthew Lesko (born May 11, 1943) is an American author known for his publications and infomercials on federal grant funding.  He has written over twenty books instructing people how to get money from the United States government.  Widely recognized for recording television commercials, infomercials, and interviews in colorful suits decorated with question marks, Lesko's signature fashion also extends into his daily attire and transportation,
Title: Aaron ben Isaac Sason
Passage: Aaron ben Isaac Sason was an Ottoman author and Talmudist; born in Constantinople in 1629.  He was a grandson of Aaron ben Joseph Sason, an eminent Talmudist, and cousin of Ḥayyim Benveniste, the famous scholar.  Aaron Cupino, rabbi of Constantinople, was his teacher in Talmudic lore, and was so successful that at the age of twenty his pupil engaged in Talmudic controversies with Moses Benveniste, who thought them worthy of publication.  The great Palestinian Pilpulist, Judah Rozanes, referred with respect to an unpublished work, "Hen Yeshallaḥ," by R. Aaron.  Whether the work "Sefat Emet" should be credited to R. Aaron or to his grandfather, Aaron ben Joseph, is uncertain.  The latter is more probably its author.  Shabbethai Bass, the only writer who mentions that particular book, in his "Sifte Yeshenim," throws no light on this question, merely mentioning that it is by Aaron Sason.
Title: Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Passage: Always and Forever, Lara Jean is a 2017 young adult romance novel by American author Jenny Han, first published by Simon & Schuster and released on May 2, 2017.  It is the third and final installment of the "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" series, following "To All the Boys I've Loved Before", released on April 15, 2014, and "P.S. I Still Love You", released on May 26, 2015.  The novel follows Lara Jean Covey as she enters her last year of high school and begins to question her relationship with her high school boyfriend.
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