Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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Fyfield, Frances
1948 -

Frances Fyfield is the pseudonym of the British crime-writer Frances Hegarty who grew up in Derbyshire, England. Her father...

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Grisham, John
1955 -

American author, lawyer and politician born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a construction worker who travelled...

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Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel
1939 - 2003

Spanish author, journalist, essayist and poet. Vázquez Montalbán was born in Barcelona the same year as General Franco came o...

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