Question: In what year was the author of the 1997 novel "The Moon and the Sun" born?

Context articles: April Witch
Vonda N. McIntyre
Plum Island (novel)
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (novel)
Nansook Hong
The Hundred Brothers
Anita Diamant
The King's Daughter (upcoming film)
The Insatiable Moon
Paradise (novel)

April Witch (Swedish: Aprilhäxan ) is a 1997 novel by Swedish author Majgull Axelsson.
 It won the August Prize in 1997.
Vonda Neel McIntyre (born August 28, 1948) is an American science fiction author.
Plum Island is a 1997 novel by American author Nelson DeMille.
 This is the first novel to feature recurring character, detective John Corey.
 Plum Island is followed by the 2000 novel, The Lion's Game.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping is a 1997 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan.
 The title is adapted from the famous Zen kōan of Hakuin Ekaku.
 "The Sound of One Hand Clapping" was Flanagan's second novel.
Nansook Hong (born 1966), is the author of the autobiography, "In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family", published in 1998 by Little, Brown and Company.
 It gave her account of her life up to that time, including her marriage to Hyo Jin Moon, the first son of Unification Church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hakja Han Moon.
The Hundred Brothers is a 1997 novel by American author Donald Antrim.
 The substance of the novel consists of the nocturnal reunion of one hundred brothers in the library of their ancestral home, as they attempt to locate and inter the ashes of their deceased father, an insane monarch, drink heavily, and manifest a variety of mildly homicidal sibling rivalries.
 The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998.
 In his introduction to the novel, Jonathan Franzen wrote, ""The Hundred Brothers" is possibly the strangest novel ever published by an American.
 Its author, Donald Antrim, is arguably more unlike any other living writer than any other living writer."
Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books.
 She has published five novels, the most recent of which is "The Boston Girl", a "New York Times" best seller.
 She is best known for her 1997 novel "The Red Tent", which eventually became a best seller and book club favorite.
 She has also written six guides to contemporary Jewish practice, including "The New Jewish Wedding," "Living a Jewish Life," and "The New Jewish Baby Book", as well as a collection of personal essays, "Pitching My Tent".
The King's Daughter is an upcoming American action-adventure fantasy film directed by Sean McNamara and written by Ronald Bass, Barry Berman, Laura Harrington, and James Schamus.
 It is based on the historical/sci-fi novel "The Moon and the Sun" (1997) by Vonda N. McIntyre.
 The film stars Pierce Brosnan as King Louis XIV, Kaya Scodelario as Marie-Josèphe, and Benjamin Walker as Yves De La Croix.
The Insatiable Moon is a 2010 New Zealand drama film, based on a 1997 novel of the same name by Mike Riddell, who also wrote the screenplay.
 The film was directed by Rosemary Riddell, and stars Rawiri Paratene in the leading role as Arthur, self-proclaimed second son of God.
 Arthur sets off on a mission to find the 'Queen of Heaven', and finds her in Margaret (Sara Wiseman), just as the community boarding house he calls home faces threat.
Paradise is a 1997 novel by Toni Morrison, and her first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
 According to the author, it completes a "trilogy" that begins with "Beloved" and includes "Jazz".