Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989

The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...

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Bauer, Belinda
1962 -

As a child, the British author Belinda Bauer spent ten years in South Africa during apartheid. Her father was a dentist...

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Ellroy, James
1948 -

Having revolutionized crime fiction in terms of language and style, James Ellroy is now one of America’s foremost c...

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Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977

American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...

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