Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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Asimov, Isaac
1920 - 1992

Isaac Asimov was born as Isaak Yudovich Ozimov in a small town near Smolensk in the former Soviet Union. When he was three...

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Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998

The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...

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Jungstedt, Mari
1962 -

Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist, broadcaster and author born in Stockholm. Her parents were very young when they...

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