Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...

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Bodelsen, Anders
1937 - 2021

Anders Bodelsen was a Danish author, journalist and critic born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg. He then lived...

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Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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McDermid, Val
1955 -

Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife. She attended Kirkcaldy High School where she was among a...

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