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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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![Portrait image of Dashiell Hammett](images/writer/692/61926aacc63afbffa299fd7d71e60212c31220aa8782f.jpg)
Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961
American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...
Further reading![Portrait of John Harvey](images/writer/4311/609a911a54337210157731af302b5213aa0718816c1e6.jpg)
Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
Further reading![Portrait image of James M. Cain](images/writer/2088/618cf4437520ce40ca5f251ec798763ffa21cf7b137d1.jpg)
Cain, James M.
1892 - 1977
The American author and journalist James Mallahan Cain was a prominent figure in 20th century fiction. Alongside Dashiell...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hodgson, William Hope](images/writer/4846/4846_20121203181434.jpg)
Hodgson, William Hope
1877 - 1918
William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and...
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