Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel "The Sportswriter" and its sequels, "Independence Day", "The Lay of the Land" and "Let Me Be Frank With You", and the short story collection "Rock Springs", which contains several widely anthologized stories.
Richard Ford wrote novels before "The Sportswriter"
A: It's impossible to say

"Come a Little Closer" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Written by lead singer Matthew Shultz and produced by Jay Joyce, it was released as the lead single from the band's third studio album "Melophobia" on August 13, 2013. It topped the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart in the United States, giving the band their fourth number-one hit on the chart.
"Come a Little Closer" was is the first number-one hit for rock band Cage the Elephant.
A: No

Italo Calvino (] ; 15 October 1923 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the "Our Ancestors" trilogy (19521959), the "Cosmicomics" collection of short stories (1965), and the novels "Invisible Cities" (1972) and "If on a winter's night a traveler" (1979).
One of Italo Calvino's best known works was written before he died in 1985.
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Yes