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...

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O'Connell, Carol
1947 -

Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "...

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Dunsany, Edward Plunkett
1878 - 1957

The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the...

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Peters, Ellis
1913 - 1995

Because readers know the British author Edith Mary Pargeter both by her own and her pen name Ellis Peters, some of her...

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