Sample of Authors
![Portrait of Georges Simenon](images/writer/1564/6621b117c26d9191ce4e6484e9b4fa8c92ab37b193301.jpg)
Simenon, Georges
1903 - 1989
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian author. He was born to Catholic middle-class parents in Liège. Georges ...
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Wetering, Janwillem van de
1931 - 2008
Janwillem (actually Jan Willem) van de Wetering was a Dutch author born in Rotterdam to a merchant family. After graduating...
Further reading![Portrait image of Hammond Innes](images/writer/821/6197e1628e706e7ab0e3385567b0b25b517a2b6909e2e.jpg)
Innes, Hammond
1913 - 1998
Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He...
Further reading![Portrait of Elmore Leonard](images/writer/1011/60368777202b6fc731c682cf7322f62114528e4caf0bc.jpg)
Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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