Dexter, Colin
1930 - 2017

The British crime writer Colin Dexter grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. After completing his military service in 1950, he...

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Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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Nilsonne, Åsa
1949 -

Åsa Nilsonne is a Swedish psychiatrist, translator and crime writer. She was born in Stockholm, but as the daughter of a ...

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Mailer, Norman
1923 - 2007

The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New...

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