Henry, O.
1862 - 1910

O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...

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Adler-Olsen, Jussi
1950 -

The Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen (his real name is Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen) chose, at the tender age of...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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Ellroy, James
1948 -

Having revolutionized crime fiction in terms of language and style, James Ellroy is now one of America’s foremost c...

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