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![Författarporträtt av Dexter, Colin](images/writer/393/393_20140120093241.jpg)
Dexter, Colin
1930 - 2017
The British crime writer Colin Dexter grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. After completing his military service in 1950, he...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Eco, Umberto](images/writer/433/wm_BR_433_20141209163010_Large.jpg)
Eco, Umberto
1932 - 2016
Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary scholar, historian and philosopher born in Alessandria in Piedmont. His surname...
Further reading![Portrait of Ted Allbeury](images/writer/3393/60992a7691ba5a1930cde3694d3ffaded9af18ec125a6.jpg)
Allbeury, Ted
1917 - 2005
The British author of espionage fiction Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury was born in Stockport, Cheshire. His father...
Further reading![Portrait of Len Deighton](images/writer/388/60995ab9919f710d085a720489f2c3b60b6c913180543.jpg)
Deighton, Len
1929 -
The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked...
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