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It is 92 years today since Gavin Lyall was born.
Gavin Tudor Lyall was a British author of espionage thrillers. He was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended the King Edward VI School between 1943 and 1951. After serving in the Royal Air Force 1951–53, he read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1956. While at Cambridge he edited the student newspaper Varsity in which he also published a c...
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Mina, Denise
1966 -
Denise Mina is a Scottish lawyer and author of crime novels. She was born in East Kilbride, Glasgow. Her father was an oil...
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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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Saylor, Steven
1956 -
The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the m...
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Herron, Mick
1963 -
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...
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