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It is 69 years today since Val McDermid was born.
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife. She attended Kirkcaldy High School where she was among a group of pupils that participated in a controversial project for especially talented students based on IQ tests. When she was seventeen, she was the first student from a Scottish state school to be admitted to St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor o...
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Hart, John
1965 -
John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...
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Adams, Herbert
1874 - 1958
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of...
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Smith, Martin Cruz
1942 -
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...
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Moorcock, Michael
1939 -
The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the...
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