Pelecanos, George P.
1957 -

The American author George Peter Pelecanos was born in Washington D.C. to Greek-American parents. The family moved to...

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Hellström, Börge
1957 - 2017

Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and e...

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Temple, Peter
1946 - 2018

Peter Temple was born in South Africa, but left the country in 1980, deeply sickened by the white regime’s apartheid p...

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Unsworth, Barry
1930 - 2012

The British author Barry Unsworth was born to a family of miners in County Durham, northeast England. They moved away from...

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