Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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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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Lagercrantz, David
1962 -

David Lagercrantz is a Swedish author and journalist born in Solna and brought up there and in Drottningholm, both near...

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Parsons, Julie
1951 -

Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...

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