Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Oursler, Fulton
1893 - 1952

The American author, playwright and magazine editor Fulton Oursler was born in Baltimore in a poor middle-class family. He...

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Blackwood, Algernon
1869 - 1951

The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian...

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Crichton, Michael
1942 - 2008

The American author, physician, director and teacher John Michael Crichton was a remarkable person for several reasons: he...

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