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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889
The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...
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Wright, Willard Huntington
1888 - 1939
Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied...
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Dibdin, Michael
1947 - 2007
Michael Dibdin was a British crime writer born in Wolverhampton. His father was a teacher. The family moved to Northern...
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MacBride, Stuart
1969 -
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...
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