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It is 84 years today since Robin (1940-) Cook was born.
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which have ended high up on the American bestseller lists. Robert Brian Cook was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his first years in Queens in the same city. When he was eight years old, the family moved to Leonia, New Jersey, where he grew up. His father was an artist, his...
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Collins, Max Allan
1948 -
A very productive American multitasker, known primarily as a crime author, born in Muscatine in Iowa. With the exception of...
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Wodehouse, P.G.
1881 - 1975
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (Plum to his family and friends) was a British author born in Guildford, Surrey. His father...
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Boileau, Pierre
1906 - 1989
Pierre Boileau was one half of the partnership (and the brand) Boileau-Narcejac, which can best be described as French...
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Lockridge, Richard
1898 - 1982
An American journalist and author, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he also grew up. After finishing school, he studied...
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