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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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Child, Lee
1954 -
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...
Further reading![Portrait of Stieg Trenter](images/writer/1746/5f6cb03d81edc5364d44ad24b89b39b4fb3ea2ff3e0b1.jpg)
Trenter, Stieg
1914 - 1967
Stieg Ivar Trenter, born Stig Ivar Johansson, grew up in Farsta, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. His father owned a general...
Further reading![Portrait image of MacKinlay Kantor](images/writer/2440/6197e7b547d41f8e9635dcc963059affc00987c9ba882.jpg)
Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
Further reading![Portrait of Wiley Cash](images/writer/6446/6633b6f948a75e13f88454cce1542f64a1a96087e3a69.jpg)
Cash, Wiley
1977 -
Wiley Cash is an American crime writer. His first two novels went on to become bestsellers with a general appeal. He was...
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