Raymond, Derek
1931 - 1994

English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a...

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Allingham, Margery
1904 - 1966

English crime writer born in Ealing, London, as the daughter of Herbert John Allingham and his wife and cousin Emily Jane...

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Sapper
1888 - 1937

Pseudonym for Englishman (Herman) Cyril McNeile, who – using the alias Sappar – was one of the best-selling Eng...

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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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