Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Gercke, Doris
1937 -

Doris Gercke is a German author of crime fiction born in Greifswald in the former East Germany. She grew up in a working...

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Kerr, Philip
1956 - 2018

Philip Kerr was a Scottish author born in Edinburgh. His family were Baptists. Kerr read law and philosophy at the...

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Runcie, James
1959 -

James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...

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