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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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Clark, Mary Higgins
1927 - 2020
Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, who publishes her work as Mary Higgins Clark, was born in New York on...
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Morrison, Arthur
1863 - 1945
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic...
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Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
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Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
1921 - 1990
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a German-language, Swiss author, playwright and social critic. He was born in the town of Stalden ...
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