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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Nesser, Håkan
1950 -
Håkan Nesser was born in Elvesta Gård (manor) on the outskirts of Kumla. His father was a farmer, as were his family since t...
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Robinson, Peter
1950 - 2022
Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest...
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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...
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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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