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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Parsons, Tony
1953 -
English author and journalist, born and grew up as the only child in a working-class family in Romford, Essex. When Tony...
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Meyer, Deon
1958 -
Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...
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Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011
The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...
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Day Lewis, Cecil
1904 - 1972
Irish poet, publisher and professor, and a British citizen from 1948. Cecil Day Lewis is one of the most prominent names in...
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