Pearl S. Buck the university's north campus. U.S. President George H. W. Bush toured the Pearl S. Buck House in October 1998. He expressed that he, like millions of other Americans, had gained an appreciation for the Chinese people through Buck's writing. Pearl Buck's papers and literary manuscripts are currently housed at Pearl S. Buck International and the West Virginia & Regional History Center. Several historic sites work to preserve and display artifacts from Pearl's profoundly multicultural life: Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu; ) was an American
John Purcell (author) John Purcell (author) John Purcell (born 1972) is an Australian author whose novels include "The Secret Lives of Emma" (under the pseudonym Natasha Walker) published by Penguin Random House in 2012 and "The Girl on the Page", due to be published by HarperCollins Australia in October 2018. He is also the Director of Books at Booktopia (Australia's largest online bookseller) and Angus & Robertson Bookworld. John appears regularly in print, on television and at Australian writers festivals to talk about books and the publishing industry. John Purcell was born in Sydney and grew up in the wealthy lower-north-shore suburb of